Space shuttle Atlantis lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California, completing the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Image Credit: NASA/Carla Thomas
The last scheduled shuttle flight would be delayed until the end of next February under a proposal being considered by NASA managers.
AEROJET PRESS RELEASE
Aerojet, a GenCorp company, announced today that it has signed an agreement with NEC Corporation (TSE:6701) to jointly supply HAYABUSA-derived ion propulsion systems for the U.S. and Japanese aerospace markets. These ion propulsion systems provide significant advantages for geosynchronous satellites and deep space missions through fuel efficiencies over 10 times higher than those of conventional propulsion systems.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is in hot water over his discussions with Marathon Oil over a bio-fuels project.
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CSF PRESS RELEASE
The Commercial Spaceflight Federation is pleased to announce that Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kansas), the former Chair of the Senate Science and Space Subcommittee, will be hosting an event for his Senate colleagues and their staff on June 24 to discuss commercial spaceflight.
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today said she strongly supports former Ohio Senator and astronaut John Glenn’s statement highlighting the risks of relying only on the Russian Soyuz vehicles for American access to the International Space Station. Senator Hutchison has consistently stated that any compromise between the Constellation program and the President’s budget proposal should include a short-term extension of the shuttle program in order to protect the nation’s $100 billion investment in the space station. She noted that additional shuttle flights would sustain and utilize the space station to conduct ground-breaking research and help maintain the primary justification for continuing America’s human space flight capability.
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STATEMENT OF SENATOR JOHN GLENN (Ret.)
REGARDING NASA MANNED SPACE FLIGHT – JUNE 17, 2010
These are critical days for the future of Manned Space Flight. Conflicting views and advice come to the President and Congress from every quarter in the aerospace and science communities. There is good reason for the concern.
The U.S. for the first time since the beginning of the Space Age will have no way to launch anyone into space – starting next January.
CAGW PRESS RELEASE
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today named Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science, June Porker of the Month for blocking the Obama administration’s attempts to eliminate funding for the Constellation program, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) program which is chronically behind schedule and over budget.
Falcon 9 takes off on its first flight. (Credit: Chris Thompson SpaceX)
Dear Members of Congress:
We, the undersigned space leaders, are strong supporters of human spaceflight. We are writing to urge you to both (1) fully fund the commercial crew to Space Station program proposed in the President’s FY2011 budget request for NASA, and (2) accelerate the pace and funding of NASA’s human space exploration projects beyond Earth orbit.
These twin pillars of human spaceflight are each crucial to the long-term health of our Nation’s space program. They are also interdependent.
NASA PRESS RELEASE
NASA’s Office of the Chief Technologist will host an industry forum July 13-14 to discuss the agency’s proposed new space technology investments and announce three new Centennial Challenges prize competitions.
The forum will be held at the University of Maryland Inn and Conference Center, 3501 University Blvd. East, in Adelphi.
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It’s been touted as what will become the premier place for aerospace research, and its location has been the premiere place for space missions since they all began.
