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Marshall Celebrates 50 Years Of Engineering, Science And Technology Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 17, 2010 
1960 was a year of beginnings for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. This year, the Marshall Center is celebrating its 50th anniversary, highlighting its historical engineering and technology achievements and service to the nation and America's space program.
On March 15, 1960, President Dwight Eisenhower issued an executive order designating NASA's first field center ... read moreUS lawmakers urge Obama to save NASA moon program 
Washington (AFP) March 11, 2010A group of US lawmakers Thursday urged the US administration to save NASA's Constellation project aimed at returning Americans to the moon in the next generation of space travel. "Space exploration has been the guiding star of American innovation," the lawmakers - 10 Republicans and five Democrats - said in a letter to the NASA administrator Charles Bolden. "It is imperative that the U ... more
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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Bipartisan Legislation Introduced To Close The Space Gap
Washington (AFP) March 11, 2010 Rep. Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) has joined with Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-New Smyrna Beach) to introduce the Human Space Flight Capability Assurance and Enhancement Act of 2010, bipartisan legislation to minimize the human space flight gap by extending the use of the Space Shuttle, moving forward with a new domestic vehicle and speeding up the development of a "heavy lift vehicle" (HLV) to go beyond ... more Go Into The Webb Telescope Clean Room 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 12, 2010How often can you say that you've seen the components of a space telescope being worked on at NASA? The answer is probably "rarely, if ever." However, thanks to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., that has now changed. Web cameras in Goddard's largest clean room are now providing daily, live coverage of work being done on components of the upcoming James Webb Space Telesc ... more Obama to host April space conference 
Washington (AFP) March 7, 2010US President Barack Obama will host a space conference next month in Florida to chart his vision for the future of human spaceflight, the White House said Sunday. The April 15 event comes after Obama last month proposed dropping the massively over-budget Constellation program launched by his predecessor, George W. Bush, to develop a rocket aimed at returning Americans to the moon by 2020. ... more ISRO's Budget Is Just Three Per Cent Of That Of NASA 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Mar 04, 2010Indian Space Research Organisation's budget is just three per cent of that of its US counterpart NASA, its Chairman K Radhakrishnan said. Delivering a convocation address at Tumkur University, he said despite the low funding, the Indian space programme is ready to take a giant leap towards inter-planetary missions and human space flight programme. "The success of Chandrayaan-1 prepares the ... more |
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NASA Increases Support Contract To Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 24, 2010NASA has increased the support contract to the Virginia Space Flight Authority/Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va., to provide launch services for expendable launch vehicles. The indefinite delivery, indefinite-quantity, with fixed price and cost reimbursable task orders contract addition has a potential value of approximately $43 million ... more India Plans To Send Two Astronauts Into Space 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 23, 2010The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to send two astronauts to space within six to seven years, ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan said. "ISRO plans to send two astronauts into space in six to seven years," he said after launching a mobile telemedicine unit at Muttom in Kanyakumari district. He said India was among the leading countries in the world in space research, desig ... more Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights Of Discovery 
Strasbourg, France (SPX) Feb 22, 2010In a week that featured astronauts adding a new observation deck to the International Space Station 220 miles above Earth, the success of the Northrop Grumman Foundation's Weightless Flights of Discovery program and its potential to inspire students globally was highlighted at the International Space University's 14th Annual Symposium. In helping to support the conference theme of "The Pub ... more SwRI Announces Pioneering Program To Fly Next-Gen Suborbital Experiments With Crew 
Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 22, 2010Southwest Research Institute announces a new initiative to build and fly experiments with SwRI payload specialists on next-generation suborbital vehicles. The program, supported with a $1 million allocation from SwRI, will be led by Dr. Alan Stern, associate vice president of the SwRI Space Science and Engineering Division. It is the first program of its kind in the nation. "We are strong ... more |
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