By Paul Scott Anderson, on May 25th, 2016
Artist’s conception of the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM). The new House bill directs NASA to bypass this mission and return to the Moon instead, before going to Mars. Image Credit: NASA
Sending human astronauts to Mars is a dream shared by many, but there are still challenges to overcome and the question of […]
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By Craig Covault, on May 22nd, 2016
DIA briefings arranged by Gen. “Davy” Jones as part of Aviation Week’s deal not to publish KH-11 details revealed the Soviets had begun development of a space shuttle that ultimately flew only once—unmanned— in November 1988. Credit: Energia
Editor’s note: This month Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine, where our U.S. […]
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By Jim Hillhouse, on July 25th, 2015
The launch of NASA’s Orion spacecraft on its first spaceflight, EFT-1, last December. The capsule is intended for deep-space crewed missions starting in the next decade atop the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Photo Credit: Mike Killian / AmericaSpace
As next year’s NASA budget is being written by the House and […]
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By Jim Hillhouse, on February 4th, 2015 Bolden Announces NASA 2015 Budget Credit: 2015 Talia Landman/AmericaSpace.com
Today was both Groundhog Day–Punxsutawney Phil said winter will last an extra six weeks–and the release of the White House’s proposed budget for NASA for the 2016 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1, 2015. The White House’s Office of Management and Budget, the actual […]
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By Jim Hillhouse, on April 29th, 2014 Perhaps the best example of this administration’s mismanagement of our space program is its current plan to “lasso an asteroid” into lunar orbit. The proposal, unveiled in last year’s budget proposal, was hardly vetted before its release and has since been found to be poorly thought-out and lacking in support from both the American people and our international partners. […]
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By Jason Rhian, on April 10th, 2013 NASA Administrator Charles Bolden discussed the White House’s 2014 FY Budget Request, which was released earlier today. Photo Credit: Julian Leek / Blue Sawtooth Studio
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden spoke with the media today regarding the White House’s 2014 FY Budget Request, which was unveiled Wednesday, April 10, 2013, a few hours prior […]
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By Jim Hillhouse, on February 27th, 2013 Photo Credit: NASA
Things are heating up over questions of whether an investigation about possible ITAR violations at Ames Research Center was squelched last year. In response to questions about whether the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California ever sought indictments of Ames officials for ITAR-related violations, Melinda […]
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By Jason Rhian, on January 4th, 2013 So, the United States can’t even get astronauts into low-Earth orbit, and there is a petition to have the U.S. build a starship? Photo Credit: AmericaSpace / Jason Rhian
The United States has barely regained the ability to send unmanned cargo to the International Space Station via SpaceX’s Dragon capsule and a petition […]
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By Jason Rhian, on February 10th, 2012
President Obama addressing NASA employees, journalists, and others involved in the spaceflight community at Kennedy Space Center. Despite campaign promises in support of America's space program, Obama and the White House have proposed a 20 percent cut to NASA's Planetary Science Program – a move that would surely put an end to the […]
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By Jim Hillhouse, on March 17th, 2010 NASA chief Bolden at JSC – Julio Cortez Chronicle
Jeff Foust covers NASA Administrator Bolden’s presentation yesterday to the Washington Business Roundtable luncheon in, Bolden Attacks The “Myths” About NASA’s New Plan, during which the Administrator offered up a defense for NASA’s “new” plan.
And we decided to take a look at his […]
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