Secretary Gates Presses the Case for Export Control Reform
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates continued to press his case for reform of the U.S. export control system in a Tuesday speech to Business Executives for National Security.Air Force X-37B Readied for Launch Tomorrow
The Air Force’s experimental X-37B spaceplane is on the pad at Cape Canaveral, FL ready for launch tomorrow evening on an Atlas 5, according to Spaceflightnow.com. Some call it a spaceplane, some call it a mini-shuttle, and its classified mission adds an air...UPDATE: Air Force X-37B Launched
UPDATE (April 23, 2010): The X-37B was successfully launched at 19:52 EDT (23:52 GMT) yesterday, April 22.ORIGINAL STORY (April 21, 2010): The Air Force’s experimental X-37B spaceplane is on the pad at Cape Canaveral, FL ready for launch tomorrow evening on...Oberg: Commercial Space Taxis May Not Be as Hard To Build As You Think
Jim Oberg has an interesting take on MSNBC today on why commercial space taxis may be easier to build than many people think. He points out that with the decision to use Orion technology to build a Crew Return Vehicle, for example, the commercial taxis will not have...UPDATE: Shuttle Due to Land at 9:08 at KSC
UPDATE: The weather improved and the shuttle was given the “go” to land at KSC at 9:08 am EDT this morning.ORIGINAL STORY: SHUTTLE STILL TRYING TO GET HOME. NASA managers had to delay Discovery’s landing once more this morning because of bad...UPDATE 2: Shuttle Lands Safely
UPDATE 2: The shuttle landed safe and sound.UPDATE: The weather improved and the shuttle was given the “go” to land at KSC at 9:08 am EDT this morning.ORIGINAL STORY: SHUTTLE STILL TRYING TO GET HOME. NASA managers had to delay Discovery’s...Shuttle Currently Set to Land at 7:34 am EDT Tuesday
NASA is targeting 7:34 am EDT Tuesday for landing Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-131) according to NASA’s space shuttle website. Landing was postponed on Monday due to bad weather at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), FL. A second opportunity for landing at KSC would...Shuttle Landing Postponed to Tomorrow
Bad weather in Florida has forced NASA to delay Discovery’s landing until tomorrow. The first opportunity is at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) with landing at 8:33 am. Edwards Air Force Base is an alternate landing site if the poor weather at KSC...South Korea Announces Date for Next Launch
South Korea’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has chosen June 9 as the date for the next launch of the country’s KSLV-1 (or Naro-1) rocket according to the Yonhap News Service. The first launch attempt failed last year when the second stage...Space Talk
A new eye on the cosmos is almost ready to soar!
#NASA’s #NancyGraceRoman Space Telescope is now set to launch on 30 August 2026 - eight months ahead of schedule.
With its powerful wide-field infrared vision, #Roman will reveal vast, uncharted regions of the #universe,
#Space
🇲🇦🇧🇷| Brazilian company Saipher presented its HORUS SDA/SSA/STM software during a meeting with FAR 4th Bureau officials. The system provides Space Domain Awareness (SDA), Space Situational Awareness (SSA), and Space Traffic Monitoring (STM) capabilities.
@Eric3Gribble Not how Congress works. SLS gets money allocated to it by Congress. SLS receiving money doesn’t take money from other parts of NASA.
And it’s a good thing that we didn’t fall for this trap too, because then no part of Artemis would be working
Everybody say "Hi, LESTR" 👋
This machine at our center is helping NASA study how materials behave in super-cold environments.
Putting electronics and other flight hardware to the test at extremely low temperatures will be critical as we look to build a Moon Base near the lunar
