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• Happy Holidays from the Google Lunar X PRIZE!

  
  The Launch Pad — Authority: 124
  Best wishes for the holiday season from the Google Lunar X PRIZE team! We recorded a holiday video recap of 2009: We cant wait to see what exciting events 2010 will hold for space exploration.
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• GAO: NASA Faces Significant Challenges in Conducting ISS Research

  
  Parabolic Arc — Authority: 445
  International Space Station The Government Accountability Office has found that after spending a quarter century planning and building the International Space Station, NASA may not be able to fully use the facility for space research because of a lack of transportation, funding and organization. (...) Read the rest ...
  5 days ago

• 1978 Obituary: Warren Scott Fitzgerald, Mysterious Founding Father of Fandom

  
  Eponymously Yours, W. Skeffington Higgins — Authority: 114
  Thanks to crack librarians in Boise, we have an obituary for Warren Fitzgerald . Since he dropped out of active participation in both the Scienceers and the rocketry group by the end of 1930, he may well be the first fan ever to gafiate . (If you wish to comment, please do so here .)
  6 days ago

• Democratic Congressman Griffith Joins Republican Party

  
  Parabolic Arc — Authority: 445
  Congressman Parker Griffith speaks during a subcommittee hearing. Congressman Parker Griffith – who represents Huntsville, Alabama – announced his decision to switch from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party today. The conservative first-term Congressman had been increasingly at odds with the liberal ...
  6 days ago

• Dynetics Announces Purchase of Orion Propulsion

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 594
  HUNTSVILLE, Ala., – Dynetics announced today it has purchased Orion Propulsion, Inc. (OPI), a Huntsville aerospace company that specializes in spacecraft and rocket propulsion design and fabrication, testing services, ground support equipment and launch operations support.  The addition of OPI will expand ...
  6 days ago

• Russia to Begin Work on Nuclear Rockets for Human Mars Exploration

  
  Parabolic Arc — Authority: 445
  Russia to start research into spacecraft nuclear engines in 2010 RIA Novosti Russia will launch research into nuclear engines for spaceships from 2010, the head of the Federal Space Agency said on Sunday. “Nuclear engines for spaceships are a very promising area. Such engines should be created to make ...
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• Report: No Decision on Space Policy Yet by Obama

  
  Parabolic Arc — Authority: 445
  Ares I-X lifts off from the Cape. Report that Obama decided on space policy may be premature Orlando Sentinel A report by a respected science publication that said President Barack Obama has decided on a new space policy for NASA may be premature, according to Write Stuff sources. (...) Read the rest of ...
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• Rep. Kosmas Responds to Pelosi’s Comments on Human Spaceflight

  
  Parabolic Arc — Authority: 445
  Space shuttle Atlantis lands on runway 33 at NASA Kennedy Space Centers Shuttle Landing Facility concluding the STS-129 mission. Photo credit: NASA Jack Pfaller Rep. Suzanne Kosmas Press Release December 18, 2009 (Washington, DC) – Today, Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24) responded to comments made about ...
  1 week ago

• Soyuz Spacecraft Blasts Off to the International Space Station

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 152
  NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi safely launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station on Sunday. Liftoff occurred at 3:52 p.m. CST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The three Soyuz crew members ...
  1 week ago

• Report: Obama to Ramp Up Human Space Program

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 154
  Science magazine is reporting tonight that President Obama has made his decision about the future of the U.S. human space flight program, with a plan to turn over space taxi services to the International Space Station to commercial companies and ...
  1 week ago

• Obama Chooses New Heavy Lift Vehicle, Jettisons Ares I

  
  Parabolic Arc — Authority: 445
  Ares I-X lifts off from the Cape - possibly the one and only launch of the program. Exclusive:Obama Backs New Launcher and Bigger NASA Budget ScienceInsider President Barack Obama will  ask Congress next year to fund a new heavy-lift launcher to take humans to the Moon, asteroids, and the moons of Mars, ...
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• South Korean Space Center Selects XCOR’s Lynx for Suborbital Operations

  
  Parabolic Arc — Authority: 445
  XCORs Lynx suborbital vehicle XCOR PRESS RELEASE December 17, 2009 The Yecheon Astro Space Center announced today that it has selected XCOR Aerospace as its preferred supplier of suborbital space launch services. Operating under a wet lease model, XCOR intends to supply services to the Center using the Lynx Mark ...
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• House Speaker Pelosi Not a Big Fan of Human Spaceflight

  
  Parabolic Arc — Authority: 445
  Top US lawmaker skeptical of new space funding AFP Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was personally skeptical of manned space missions and warned that NASA’s future funding could depend on whether it was likely to create jobs. Pelosi vowed “harsh scrutiny” of all spending requests and said ...
  1 week ago

• Hyperbola says forget flexible folly, opt for national capability

  
  Hyperbola — Authority: 533
  Hyperbola has come to the conclusion that the leading exploration option from Norman Augustines report,  much reported in the press , will sacrifice workforce, skills , infrastructure and technology for a gilded future that will never be realised  There comes a point in any under funded period of transition ...
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• Whats On My Computer

  
  Slobber And Spittle — Authority: 132
  This is a still from a celestial animation program called Celestia : Its a model of the International Space Station, of course. I cant identify which coastline its flying over at the moment, but its a very realistic view of Earth from this distance. Celestia wont do this right out of the box, but if you select ...
  1 week ago

• Top 10 Space News Stories of the 2000s

  
  Visual Astronomy — Authority: 103
  As this first decade of the 21st century comes to a close, Ian ONeill over at Discovery News has published a list of the top ten space news stories of this decade. Looking back on this list, I realize weve done quite a bit since 2000. It shows a more optimistic side of the space industry in these times of canceled ...
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• Bolden gets 2h with Obama, but the new vision wont be agreed

  
  Hyperbola — Authority: 533
  Well thats a generous interpretation because based on this presidential meeting schedule provided by US newspaper Florida Today that 3.05pm to 5.15pm slot is probably more like 90min - that consumer safety commission meeting is bound to overrun But it does prove that when NASA administrator Charles Bolden told ...
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• Italian Cargo Module Being Modified for Permanent ISS Status

  
  Parabolic Arc — Authority: 445
  Leonardo cargo module (Credit: NASA TV) Logistics module to be modified for new mission Spaceflight Now NASA and the Italian Space Agency are planning to strip the Leonardo cargo module of unnecessary parts and beef up shielding to equip the barrel-shaped spacecraft for a permanent stay at the International ...
  2 weeks ago

• Launch Delayed Until December 14 for Nasa’s WISE Spacecraft

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 152
  The launch of NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, spacecraft aboard a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has been rescheduled for Monday, Dec. 14. The launch window extends from 9:09 to 9:23 a.m. EST. The first launch attempt scheduled for Dec. 11 was delayed because of a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Blue Origin Moves Forward

  
  Parabolic Arc — Authority: 445
  Bezos’ space flight project Blue Origin shows signs of life TechFlash Blue Origin recently selected three scientific projects — from Purdue University, the University of Central Florida and Louisiana University — for future test flights, though it didn’t specify when the flights would take place. The ...
  2 weeks ago

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