Astronaut Mike Fossum, the International Space Station Commander, Goes 1 on 1 with the Middle School Students at the Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technical Conference

  International Space Station commander Mike Fossum, a NASA astronaut, took a series of wide ranging questions from middle school students on Tuesday. The students are participants in the Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technical Conference at the University of...

Book Review: Psychology of Space Exploration

Psychology of Space Exploration, Edited by Douglas Vakoch, NASA History Series SP-2011- 4411, Government Printing Office (GPO); (Hardcover) $27.00; (Paperback) $23.00; Washington, D.C.; 2011. You’re going to find a rich, motherload of information here regarding a...

Competition for Global Space Leadership Tightens, Futron reports

  The Futron Corp’s 2011 Space Competiveness Index finds the United States perched atop 10 global competitors in the field, yet slipping as the nation’s space policy undergoes a transition, especially in the realm of human space flight. The Bethesda,...

New Poll: Ending NASA Shuttle Program – Bad for the Country, Private Space Sector Supported

A new CNN/ORC International Poll has found that 50 percent of Americans say curtailing the NASA space shuttle program is bad for country. The findings from the new national survey were released shortly after the space agency’s last shuttle mission came to a wheel’s...

Americans Support U. S. Space Leadership, Even in Difficult Economic Times

  Nearly six in 10 Americans believe it is essential for the United States to lead the exploration of space, according to a new Pew Research Center poll. The survey, conducted June 15-19, also found that 55 percent of Americans believe NASA’s long running...