Senate Budget Committee Recommends Increase for NASA Citing Military Solid Rocket Motor Needs
The Senate Budget Committee today recommended increasing the amount of funds available to NASA for FY2011 to $19.7 billion, $1 billion more than the agency’s FY2010 appropriations or $726 million above the President’s request for FY2011. Reading the...NASA’s New Eye on the Sun Delivers Stunning First Images
Source: NASA.gov View related briefing materials here. NASA’s recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is returning early images that confirm an unprecedented new capability for scientists to better understand our sun’s dynamic processes. These...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...“Really Great Mission” for Discovery and Crew
Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Source: NASA Mission managers held a post-landing news conference at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, and described the mission as very successful. “Wrapping up 131 here from Discovery — a really great mission. A lot of good science and a...NASA offers live interviews with Hubble experts for 20th anniversary
On the eve of the Hubble Space Telescope’s 20th anniversary, NASA will offer live satellite interviews with two of the telescope’s premier scientists: Ed Weiler, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington,...Flash: NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Sees Lightning On Saturn
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured images of lightning on Saturn. The images have allowed scientists to create the first movie showing lightning flashing on another planet.Space Talk
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