Apr 26, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Coalition News, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA
Source: BBC Happy birthday, Hubble. It’s 20 years since the shuttle blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center to place the famous observatory in orbit. The telescope’s achievements are immense. Few instruments in the history of science have had quite the...
Apr 26, 2010 | Blog, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA
Source: The Houston Chronicle Two decades ago today space shuttle Discovery launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, carrying the Hubble Space Telescope in its payload bay. Among the mission’s five NASA astronauts was Steven Hawley, an astronomer now...
Apr 26, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Exploration, NASA
Source: The Korea Times Renowned members of the American astronaut program, the U.S. Congress, and scientific community have warned that planned cuts and changes by the Obama administration to the American space program “destines our nation to become one of...
Apr 26, 2010 | Blog, Education, Education Station, Exploration, NASA
Source: The Houston Chronicle Houston astronaut asks youths to give views on exploration Houston’s only native astronaut is reaching out to the next generation of Space City children to learn what NASA can do to motivate them. Shannon Walker, who will launch...
Apr 26, 2010 | Blog, Commercial Space, NASA
Source: SiliconValley Mercury News Just over five years ago, as secretary of transportation I had the honor of presiding over the birth of a new industry in the United States: commercial human space transportation. Thousands of people gathered under the crisp Mojave...
Apr 26, 2010 | Blog, Commercial Space, NASA
Source: The Toledo Blade PRESIDENT Obama’s critics don’t believe he has the right stuff when it comes to charting NASA’s future. Yet the President’s vision of the space program, which he outlined recently, will keep it viable in the decades to...
Apr 23, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, NASA
Source: The Hill Congressional opposition to the president’s proposed budget for NASA stiffened on Thursday, as top Republican appropriators accused the White House of attempting to rob the agency of its mission. While President Barack Obama retooled NASA’s spending...
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 | Blog, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA
Source: The Atlantic In addition to marking the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, this week also marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope — the first of NASA’s four “great observatories” launched to observe the...
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...