Mar 26, 2010 | Photo Feature
A specialized transporter brought the payload canister to Launch Pad 39A in preparation for the STS-131 mission. The canister, which is the same dimensions as the shuttle’s cargo bay, held the Leonardo supply module during the move from processing to the...
Mar 22, 2010 | Book Reviews
Hubble: A Journey Through Space and Time by Edward Weiler; Abrams, New York, New York; (hard cover) $29.95; April 2010. Next month, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 20th anniversary since it was deployed by a shuttle crew to begin its orbiting of the...
Mar 12, 2010 | Book Reviews, Space and Science
We Are Not Alone – Why We Have Already Found Extraterrestrial Life by Dirk Schulze-Makuch and David Darling; Oneworld Publications, New York, New York; (soft cover) $19.95; 2010. Extraterrestrial life is astrobiological fact – no longer a head-scratching...
Feb 15, 2010 | Coalition News, Opinion Editorials, Press Releases, Space and Science
As America struggles to recover from its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, we are at grave risk of losing our technical edge to increasingly more capable global competitors. The prosperity we are striving to revive is a product of past commitments to...
Feb 15, 2010 | NASA, Press Releases, Space and Science
HOUSTON – The Coalition for Space Exploration (Coalition) looks forward to a thorough evaluation by the Congress of the budgetary framework President Obama has proposed to ensure NASA can sustain a robust and balanced space program of human spaceflight, climate,...
Dec 9, 2009 | Press Releases
Aerojet’s Glenn Mahone and Jacob Technology’s Jeannie Kranz to guide the Coalition’s Public Affairs Team Two veteran aerospace communicators will lead the Coalition for Space Exploration’s Public Affairs Team in 2010. Aerojet’s Glenn...
Dec 7, 2009 | Coalition News, Opinion Editorials
Dear President Obama: The future of America’s civilian space program rests in your hands. Your decisions must ensure that America builds upon a heritage of space leadership that has been hard-earned over the decades. Doing so will place this country on an energetic,...
Oct 21, 2009 | Coalition News, Opinion Editorials
NASA and our nation are about to embark on a new chapter in America’s human spaceflight program – one that draws upon a legacy of learning from the past. The upcoming Ares I-X flight test signals a first step in a transition from the space shuttle program. For the...
Sep 9, 2009 | Coalition News, Press Releases
HOUSTON – The Coalition for Space Exploration acknowledges the hard work and service to the nation by the Review of U. S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee and its chairman Norm Augustine. The committee was able to re-examine the nation’s future course in space and...
Jul 22, 2009 | Coalition News, Opinion Editorials
On July 20, people around the world celebrated an American triumph. The 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing recalls a period of curiosity, ingenuity and perseverance that captured the world’s imagination. I was in Houston interviewing with NASA for a...