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22 Jul 2010, 12:00 pm
After reuniting with their fellow astronaut, Michael Collins, in orbit, the three returned to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean on July 24. [read post]
22 Jul 2010, 6:09 am
Escaping from the Earth is the ultimate Summer vacation. [read post]
22 Jul 2010, 5:17 am
“Thursday, the House Science Committee is due to mark up a bill that would slash the $6 billion Barack Obama had planned for the commercial crew initiative (investing in companies to develop a space taxi service for taking astronauts into orbit) by about 96 percent, to $250 million. [read post]
21 Jul 2010, 1:12 pm
Disposition of orbiter vehicles. [read post]
20 Jul 2010, 1:24 pm
GAO-10-885T, July 14 Periodicals Orbital Debris Quarterly News (vol. 14, Issue 3) Blogs A quick review of the Senate NASA authorization bill – Space Politics NSC Gets NRO Spy Charter – DoD Buzz Proposed commercial space amendments to NASA authorization – Space Politics Space Coast leaders attack Nelson NASA bill – The Write Stuff Amendment offered to boost tech funding cut by authorization draft – RLV and Space Transport News An FBO’s Liability for… [read post]
19 Jul 2010, 5:17 pm
It funds science and aeronautics above the president’s proposed levels; It authorizes a new Space Technology program to develop innovative and transformational technologies and funds it at the president’s requested level; It provides more than $4.9 billion in funding for commercial crew- and commercial cargo-related initiatives It extends the International Space Station program to at least 2020 and adds funding for ISS research and for a ground- and space-based life and physical sciences… [read post]
19 Jul 2010, 8:30 am
Satellite Internet connects homes and businesses, and remote parts of computers to the Internet using a small circular antenna to transmit data signals to an Internet service provider (ISP) through a satellite in orbit around the Earth. [read post]
19 Jul 2010, 6:30 am
Pyne deftly shows how the development of rocketry, of orbital science and of computer technology all came together just in time to take advantage of a once– every-176-years planetary alignment that would allow a spacecraft to make close passes of outer planets— Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—all in one long trip. [read post]
ORBITAL DEBRIS UPDATE: U.S. military to launch first satellite to snap and relay photos of orbital …
16 Jul 2010, 1:23 pm
ORBITAL DEBRIS UPDATE: U.S. military to launch first satellite to snap and relay photos of orbital debris. [read post]
16 Jul 2010, 3:49 am
The bill’s provisions, in particular the immediate development of a heavy-lift launcher, “would allow NASA to begin human exploration beyond low earth orbit before the end of this decade,” said Explore Mars, a Mars exploration advocacy group, in a statement. [read post]
15 Jul 2010, 5:55 pm
“This legislation approved today represents a strong balance between the need for investment in new technology and the continued evolution of the commercial market to take an increasing role in supporting our efforts in low Earth orbit,” Sen. [read post]
15 Jul 2010, 8:50 am
Langston with the blog faculty Source: Spaceflight Now Sea Launch netted a contract last week to send an unspecified AsiaSat communications satellite to orbit between 2012 and 2014, strengthening the company’s backlog as it hopes to emerge from bankruptcy later this year. [read post]
15 Jul 2010, 8:47 am
Orbital is already operating under a NASA contract to develop the unmanned Cygnus cargo freighter and the Taurus 2 rocket. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 2:59 pm
The RRSW activities include mission coordination, design, development, procurement, assembly, integration, test, on-orbit support, launch support and ground system support. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 11:25 am
Surprisingly, Fallon found that his ancestry is full of violent people and alleged murderers; he immediately scanned his own brain and found little to no activity in the orbital cortex, something free-wheeling people and sociopaths almost always possess. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 3:10 am
Perhaps the biggest difference is the legislation’s provisions for the development of a “Space Launch System”, which it defines as “the follow-on government-owned civil launch system developed, managed, and operated by NASA to serve as a key component to expand human presence beyond low-Earth orbit. [read post]
13 Jul 2010, 11:49 am
Orbital debris mitigation Orbital debris mitigation is essential to ensuring the long-term sustainability of space activities. [read post]
13 Jul 2010, 7:33 am
The new NASA plan for human spaceflight focuses on technologies and milestones that will advance human space flight out of Earth orbit and into the solar system. [read post]
13 Jul 2010, 7:28 am
” The Nano-Satellite Launch Challenge is to place a small satellite into Earth orbit, twice in one week, with a prize of $2 million. [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 11:35 am
It would also “restore full capabilities” to the Orion spacecraft, meaning it would be developed as a full-fledged spacecraft for missions beyond Earth orbit instead of as just a lifeboat for the ISS. [read post]
