Book Review: Becoming Spacefarers: Rescuing America’s Space Program
Becoming Spacefarers: Rescuing America’s Space Program by James A. Vedda; Xlibris Publishing; Bloomington, Indiana; Casebound Hardcover: $29.99; 2012. Just in time for an election year! The author has provided a no-nonsense review of what arguably seems to be...NASA Clears SpaceX for Commercial Space Station Cargo Missions
 NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Monday cleared SpaceX, of Hawthorne, Calif., for the start of regular commercial re-supply missions to the International Space Station. The first of at least a dozen missions for which SpaceX is under a $1.6 billion NASA contract...NASA Outlines Commercial Crew Safety Certification Plans
Just days after selecting industry partners for a third round of competitive commercial crew space transportation development, NASA on Wedesday outlined plans to certify the safety of the winning designs and operators, launch at least one piloted demonstration...Boeing, SpaceX and Sierra Nevada to Carry NASA’s Commercial Crew Initiative Forward
NASA will back Boeing, SpaceX andSierra Nevada with $1.1 billion during a third round of commercial crew space transportation development, top space agency officials announced on Friday. Started in 2008, the NASA-private sector partnership is intended to...Study Finds U. S. Space Leadership Slipping
The United States remains the overall leader in space competitiveness, as measured against 14 other global powers, but its relative position has declined for a fifth straight year, as other countries enhance their capabilities, according to a new assessment from the...NASA, FAA Announce Agreement on Regulation of Commercial Crew Spaceflight
NASA and the Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration unveiled a far-reaching agreement for the oversight of future U. S.commercial human spaceflight on Monday. Human missions, like those involving the launch of commercial...House, NASA Reach Compromise on Future Commercial Crew Transportation Services
 NASA and House appropriators have struck a compromise on the future of the space agency’s commercial crew transportation initiative. The deal with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, announced on Tuesday by U. S. Rep. Frank Wolf, chair of the House...Dragon Splashes Down, Ending Successful Commercial Space Demo
The SpaceX Dragon mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the southern California coast on Thursday, bringing a successful conclusion to a nine-day test flight. The voyage marked the first U.S.commercial re-supply mission to the six-person   International Space...Space Station Crew Preps SpaceX Dragon for Spashdown
The International Space Station crew gathered Wednesday to prepare the SpaceX Dragon capsule for its departure, with only a Pacific Ocean splashdown and recovery standing in the way of a successful conclusion of the first U. S.commercial re-supply mission to...Space Talk
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#NASA estimates that a human mission to Mars could take months or years with current propulsion technologies. To accelerate this timeline, NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are exploring nuclear thermal propulsion.
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.@NASA_Langley is testing the Lightweight Surface Manipulation System AutoNomy capabilities Development for Surface Operations (LANDO), a robotic arm designed to lift payloads and place them on the #lunar surface.
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