Now the dust has settled news sources appear to be coherently reporting the events that unfolded early Saturday morning. As several readers have shown concern that reporting on the Soyuz ballistic re-entry makes us opposed to Russian efforts in space, I hope these points clearly show that this is not the case. In actuality, without [...]
A Russian Soyuz transport vehicle that recently returned from space “came down like a bullet” before its parachute opened, William Gerstenmaier, a NASA administrator, told a House subcommittee Thursday. Its crew was squeezed by gravity forces 8.2 times greater than on Earth, but unhurt. Read More at Pioneer Press…
The nation’s three-ship space shuttle fleet faces “significant challenges” in completing construction and continuing operation of the $31 billion International Space Station, raising the possibility of Draconian cutbacks at the orbiting exploration and scientific facility, the Government Accountability Office warned Congress on Thursday. Read More at Houston Chronicle…
A NASA project designed to take the next generation of explorers to the moon has completed full-scale tests of a rocket that will launch the craft’s abort system. Read More at the Engineer…
Bethesda, Maryland – Lockheed Martin Corp Tuesday reported a 5.8 per cent rise in first quarter earnings, buoyed by higher sales from US government computer contracts and development of a new NASA spacecraft. Net income increased to 730 million dolla… Read More at EARTHtimes.org…
NASA is watching closely as Russian engineers hunt for the source of a malfunction that sent a returning Soyuz spacecraft off-course during a Saturday landing. Read More at SPACE.com via Yahoo! News…
Although NASA is concerned about last weekend’s rough landing of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, an agency official expressed confidence that the Russians would solve the problem. Read More at International Herald Tribune…
ARCTAS mission status update, April 17, 2008 Read More at SpaceRef…
With a long history in space, the agency’s systems now host aerospace modeling, simulation, storage, high-speed networking, visualization, and computational services. Read More at TechWeb via Yahoo! News…
It’s not uncommon in the aerospace industry to bring back retired employees to serve on review panels or otherwise share their expertise and experience with younger staff. Read More at The Space Review…