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Friday’s space news scan offers the latest reporting and commentary on space-related events from around the world. In orbit, the astronauts aboard the shuttle Atlantis deal with an overnight General Purpose Computer failure. They are scheduled for a call from President Obama around 12:30 p.m., EDT. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft begins a year-long orbital visit to the asteroid Vesta. NASA officials tell an advisory panel the over budget James Webb Space Telescope is unlikely to launch for another decade. Boeing and NASA discuss the use of a Kennedy Space Center shuttle hangar for assembly of the CST-100 commercial space transportation capsule. The House version of NASA’s 2012 appropriations measure would lift a legislative ban on reducing the number of NASA employees. London welcomes a new statute of Yuri Gagarin. More on the 100-Year Starship Study, a joint NASA/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency project.
1. From Space.com: After some time off on Thursday, the Atlantis astronauts headed to bed, only to be awakened by a malfunctioning General Purpose Computer. The computer’s duties were assigned to one of four other GPCs. The processor was recovered early Friday, but troubleshooting continues. Commander Chris Ferguson and his crew have more cargo transfers in store on Friday as well as a mid-day call from President Obama.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/12291-shuttle-atlantis-onboard-computer-glitch.html
2. From Discovery.com: NASA’s Dawn spacecraft snaps a picture of Vesta, a large asteroid the spacecraft will start to orbit early Saturday. After a year at Vesta, Dawn will steer toward Ceres, a larger member of the asteroid belt.
http://news.discovery.com/space/big-pic-nasa-dawn-asteroid-vesta-110714.html
3. From Spaceflightnow.com: NASA’s over budget James Webb Space Telescope could be launched by 2018 but with additional funding that is politically unlikely, agency officials tell an advisory panel. The designated successor for the Hubble Space Telescope is unlikely to reach space for another decade under a “flat budget” scenario, agency officials believe. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1107/14jwst/index.html
A. From the Huntsville Times of Alabama: In an editorial, the Huntsville paper says NASA should press ahead with work on the James Webb Space Telescope, whose discoveries may help to explain the formation of the earliest galaxies. http://blog.al.com/times-views/2011/07/editorial_a_view_back_to_our_o.html
4. From Florida Today: The Boeing Co. is in talks with NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for use of a former shuttle hangar to assemble a commercial space taxi. An agreement could bring jobs to those who are facing employment losses as the shuttle program retires. http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110715/NEWS02/107150322/Boeing-KSC-talks-about-space-taxi-site?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Home
A. From Universe Today: SpaceX, Boeing and Lockheed Martin place the Dragon, CST-100 and Orion/Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle on display at the Kennedy Space Center. Each of these capsule spacecraft signals where the United States is heading in space transportation after the shuttle retires.
http://www.universetoday.com/87471/return-of-the-capsule/
5. From NASAwatch.com: The House version of NASA’s 2012 appropriations bill lifts a legislative ban on agency downsizing.
http://nasawatch.com/archives/2011/07/house-budget-re.html
6. From Collectspace.com: A statute of Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet cosmonaut who became the first human in space on April 12, 1961, is unveiled in London.
http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum41/HTML/000400.html#unveiling
7. From Space.com: Human spaceflight faces an uncertain future. NASA has teamed with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for the 100 Year Starship study to consider the technologies necessary for human travel among the stars.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/12268-human-spaceflight-nasa-shuttle.html
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