Apr 23, 2010 | Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Space and Science, Space Research, Space Shuttle, Spaceports
It is official. Mexico’s congress green-lighted this week the creation of a “Mexican NASA”. The new agency is called AEXA (Agencia Espacial Mexicana). AEXA will specialize in the promotion, coordination and encouragement of all matters relating to the research,...
Apr 23, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, International Space Station, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
Source: Los Angeles Times The agency may send the Orion capsule to the International Space Station in three years, Administrator Bolden says at a Senate hearing. NASA may be able to send a new vessel to the International Space Station within three years to provide...
Apr 23, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, NASA
Source: The Wall Street Journal Citing safety and budget concerns, members of a Senate appropriations subcommittee Thursday voiced strong opposition to plans to have private rockets transport astronauts to the international space station by the middle of the decade....
Apr 22, 2010 | Augustine Committee, Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, The Moon
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...
Apr 22, 2010 | Blog, Commercial Space, Exploration, NASA
Commercial orbital taxis won’t have to retrace NASA’s footsteps The White House’s policy for future spaceflight relies on a crucial unknown: Can private companies build and operate space vehicles safe enough to carry astronauts? Many veteran engineers from NASA...
Apr 22, 2010 | Blog, Constellation Program, Exploration, NASA
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...
Apr 22, 2010 | Blog, Constellation Program, Exploration, NASA
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...
Apr 22, 2010 | Blog, Constellation Program, Exploration, NASA
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...
Apr 22, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, NASA
Source: Florida Today The Senate Budget Committee is considering a $726 million boost over five years for NASA to develop its next rocket, although the prospects for actually receiving the funding in a tight budget are uncertain. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Orlando, requested...
Apr 22, 2010 | Blog, Constellation Program, Exploration, NASA
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...