Sep 30, 2010 | Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver praised Congress on Thursday for bi-partisan passage of a three-year NASA authorization bill that sets the agency on a long term path of human deep space exploration, while also funding new orbital commercial space transportation...
Sep 30, 2010 | Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars
Congress set a new course for human deep space exploration as well as commercial space travel late Wednesday, when the House passed the Senate version of a 2010 NASA authorization measure with strong bi-partisan support. The 304 to 118 vote came just prior to...
Sep 30, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Space Race, The Moon
PRAGUE, Czech Republic – China is ready to embark on its second launch of an orbiter to the Moon – another step in a multi-faceted lunar exploration agenda. Chang’E-2 is now ready for departure from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The targeted takeoff window is...
Sep 29, 2010 | Education, Exploration, NASA, Space and Science
Some of the nation’s leading experts in science, technology and innovation warned the House Science and Technology Committee on Wednesday that the United States is continuing to lose its global pre-eminence in science and engineering, a trend that will have...
Sep 29, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Space Research
PRAGUE, Czech Republic – Political, institutional or industrial uncertainties are a real handicap for space agencies as well as for industry. That’s a take home message from a plenary meeting dedicated to the impact of governments’ space policy changes on industry –...
Sep 29, 2010 | Constellation Program, Exploration
The Aerospace Industries Association called Tuesday for a national space management and coordination body that reports to the U. S. president as part of a strategy to address significant issues that threaten national security as well as the domestic economic standing....
Sep 28, 2010 | Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
The House is poised to take up a 2010 NASA Authorization measure on Wednesday prior to adjourning for the November elections, U. S. Rep. Bart Gordon, chair of the House Science and Technology Committee, said Monday in a statement. However, it will be the Senate...
Sep 27, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space and Science
New images from NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity show the robot now studying a dark rock on the red planet, thought to be an iron meteorite. The toaster-sized rock is being given a scientific look by Opportunity’s robot arm that’s laden with instruments....
Sep 24, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover has rolled into close rendezvous with a likely meteorite. The object was seen from a distance, with scientists commanding the robot to scoot on by the possible space rock. Opportunity will be used to further analyze the rock. At first...
Sep 24, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
A celestial light show has been captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft as it explores ringed Saturn and its entourage of moons. A new movie and images have been made using spacecraft data that show Saturn’s shimmering aurora over a two-day period. “Saturn’s auroras are...