Space-Based Vaccine May Go to Human Trials
Space.com

A vaccine created from research in space may soon be put to the test in human trials for the first time.

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Too much radiation for astronauts to make it to Mars
New Scientist

So how dangerous would a trip to Mars orbit be? Estimates of how much a given dose of space radiation increases the risk of cancer are fraught with uncertainty. But calculations by Cucinotta and his colleagues suggest the trip would not meet NASA’s existing rules, which aim to keep each astronaut’s lifetime risk of fatal cancer from space radiation below 3 per cent.

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Space experts attend launch of exciting Manx project
Iomtoday

Astronaut Dr Leroy Chiao and cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Titov were among a number of experienced space experts at the press launch of the Excalibur Almaz space project held at King William’s College on Saturday.

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ISRO's Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter

Public can go over the moon with ISRO data
Express Buzz

In a move that advances the cause of free sharing of knowledge, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to put out the data collected by its Rs 386-crore unmanned moon mission Chandrayaan- I on the internet.

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BOEING PRESS RELEASE

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] submitted a proposal to NASA on Sept. 22 to accelerate the development of commercial human space transportation as defined by NASA in its Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) announcement. Boeing’s submission, which draws on the company’s experience with proven human-rated spacecraft, proposes development of technologies that will mature its Commercial Crew Transportation System concept.

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Cureton brings social media expertise to new NASA role
Federal Computer Week

Linda Cureton, the new chief information officer of NASA, brings social-media experience to bear on her new role.

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Ukraine plans to launch Tsyklon-4 rocket from Brazilian territory in 2010
Kyiv Post

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has confirmed that Ukraine’s Tsyklon (Cyclone)-4 launch vehicle will blast off from Brazil’s Alcantara space center in 2010.

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MASTEN PRESS RELEASE

Masten Space Systems successfully demonstrated multiple sustained free flights of its XA-0.1B vertical take-off, vertical landing (VTVL) rocket this past week. The longest flight was 93 seconds and involved a flight between two pads 60 meters apart. This marks the first time a purely rocket powered VTVL has flown from Mojave Air and Space Port.

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Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center

Editorial: Don’t let space bid fail
Orlando Sentinel

For all of Mr. DiBello’s credentials, the agency has not yet announced any major accomplishments during his interim leadership. Its press releases this summer included several about hosting or participating in meetings and a couple about programs with school children, including one to study “butterflies in space.”

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Space News raps ISRO across the knuckles for its handling of Chandrayaan-1 press operations.

NASA is targeting Tuesday, Oct. 27, for the flight test of the Ares I-X rocket, pending successful testing and data verification.

Model of NASA's Orion spacecraft

NEXT STEP IN SPACE PRESS RELEASE
September 22, 2009

Next Step in Space, a coalition of businesses, organizations, and people working toward ensuring the future of human spaceflight in the United States, today issued a white paper titled “Acquiring U.S. Commercial ISS Crew and Cargo Services Creates New Industry in LEO, Enables Program for Exploration Beyond” to help clarify issues discussed at a September 15th hearing of the House Committee on Science & Technology on “Options and Issues for NASA’s Human Space Flight Program.”

“Some comments made at the House hearing last week incorrectly suggested that the Augustine Committee’s recommendation to procure crew services to the International Space Station would necessarily be in lieu of further development of NASA’s exploration program to travel beyond Earth orbit,” said Bretton Alexander, President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation. “However, these two programs are complementary, not competitive. As former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin has pointed out numerous times, the Constellation Program is designed and optimized for missions beyond low-Earth orbit, not for Space Station servicing.”

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