New Mexico’s Rocket Week!
Credit: NASALAS CRUCES, New Mexico — It’s a big space week here for New Mexico. Preparations are underway for a major educational launch from the state’s Spaceport America and NASA’s preparing Pad Abort 1 – a step to develop safer vehicles for human spaceflight...Bolden Seeks Support, Gerstenmaier Receives National Space Trophy
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden urged aerospace veterans on Friday to support President Obama’s initiative to develop a commercial space industry that can transport astronauts to Earth orbit as part of a long range international effort to resume human deep...Bolden tries to raise spirits at JSC
Source: The Houston Chronicle NASA Administrator Charles Bolden sought to rally space workers to President Barack Obama’s proposed overhaul of the agency during an employees-only meeting Wednesday at Johnson Space Center. Bolden told employees there were clear...Presidential Space Summit Speaker Presentations–April 15, 2010
The following presentations are from the Presidential Space Summit, April 15, 2010 at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Click on the title of the presentation to view. A New Exploration Strategy Dr. Edward F. Crawley, Ford Professor of Engineering at MIT...Senate Appropriators Challenge President’s Updated Space Policy
President Obama’s plans to cancel NASA’s Constellation Program in favor of major new investments in commercial space transportation for astronauts and a future mission to Mars faced new bi-partisan criticism on Thursday from the Senate Appropriations...Mark Davis: Manned space flight is still worth the cost
Source: Dallas News Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 not only thrilled movie audiences by taking them back to man’s reach for the moon; it also recalled an era when America faced a goal boldly and accepted nothing short of success. That commitment is woven through...NASA Reboot-an editorial from the Chicago Tribune
Source: Chicago Tribune Last week Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, released an open letter to President Barack Obama, the first Trekkie in the White House. The former astronaut is riled because Obama canceled a planned 2020 U.S. moon mission and yanked NASA...Senate leaders make move for more NASA money
Source: Houston Chronicle Senate leaders Wednesday took a step toward saving a component of the back-to-the-moon program by adding $1 billion to NASA’s proposed budget for continued testing of the heavy-lift rocket motor that would be used for deep-space...Nelson aims to save Ares I testing
Source: Orlando Sentinel U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida had nothing but praise for President Barack Obama last week when the commander-in-chief visited Kennedy Space Center and touted a new White House plan to rely on commercial rockets to launch a new era of space...Space Talk
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#BlueOrigin is eyeing the launch of an uncrewed lander to the Moon within the next 12–16 months. The launch is to demonstrate #MK1's capabilities, which include the ability to deliver up to three tons of payload anywhere on the #Moon.
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.@NASAWebb is providing new scientific insight into how stars and their protoplanetary disks form planets. The #JWST recently observed a system that just finished forming its planets.
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#NASA's latest class of #astronaut candidates has graduated and is now eligible for missions to the Moon, Mars, and the @Space_Station. The agency is also accepting applications for a new class of astronauts.
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The @NASA astronaut selection window is open! #ArtemisGeneration #BeAnAstronaut