Archive for October, 2007
Scientific American
In Another World, Women Are in ChargeDiscovery Channel - 58 minutes agoOct. 10, 2007 — NASA has flown dozens of women in space before but only one has earned the rank of mission commander. That's about to change. …Veterans will oversee space station transformation Houston ChroniclePractice countdown starts Florida TodayShuttle crew lands in Florida for [...]
October 10th, 2007 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
CTV.ca
NASA needs a new visionSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 4 hours agoNASA's space science program, focused on exploration of space via robotic missions such as its highly successful Mars programs, might be transferred to the …Milestone in reach for spacestation al.comNASA Chief: China Will Beat us Back to the Moon American ThinkerSputnik legacy spurs future space [...]
October 7th, 2007 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
Spaceflight Now
Maryland scientists aim at the moonBaltimore Sun, United States - 6 hours agoNASA has chosen research teams from the University of Maryland, College Park and the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt to work on ideas for upgrading …NASA Goddard Lunar Science on a Roll Space Ref (press release)all 5 news articles
October 7th, 2007 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
CTV.ca
From Earth to … ArizonaChicago Tribune, United States - 1 hour ago… where NASA's Apollo astronauts trained for the first moon landings more than 40 years ago, history is repeating itself as the nation's space agency …NASA Chief: China Will Beat us Back to the Moon American ThinkerSputnik legacy spurs future space exploration CTV.caShooting for the moon: [...]
October 6th, 2007 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
Local6.com
Excerpt from Congressional Record Regarding US Senate Action to …Space Ref (press release) - 20 hours agoLet me be clear, our goal is not to increase the NASA space budget but to restore the funding that was forced to get after the Columbia accident. …Aerospace Industries Association: New NASA Funding Helps Keep … Associated ContentSenate Wants [...]
October 6th, 2007 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
Sputnik launched the space age fifty years agoABC Online, Australia - 2 hours agoShortly after, the United States created NASA, and in 1969, man walked on the moon. The Washington-based space historian Roger Launius says Sputnik started …
October 5th, 2007 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
BBC News
Shooting for the moon: The new space raceCNN - 8 hours agoFor NASA, a Chinese "taikonaut" reaching the moon before them would be an embarrassment. In a speech marking the space agency's 50th anniversary on October …The next Space Age MSNBCNASA Feels Threatened By China's Space Program AHNChina May Win New Space Race, NASA Says [...]
October 5th, 2007 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
Monsters and Critics.com
Russia to help NASA explore Moon, MarsAFP - 2 hours agoMOSCOW (AFP) — Russia is to provide the US space agency NASA with instruments for scanning both the Moon and Mars under agreements signed here Wednesday. …NASA spacecraft to fly Russian equipment Science Daily (press release)Russia, US to Cooperate on Space Trips The Associated [...]
October 4th, 2007 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
Space.com
Air and Space Expo: A Sightseer's ParadiseSpace.com - 3 hours agoMock-up hardware related to NASA's post-space shuttle Constellation program are to be on hand too. Sure to attract a cue of onlookers is the engineering …Attractions at the 2007 Wirefly X PRIZE Cup Market Wire (press release)all 5 news articles
October 4th, 2007 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
Lockheed Gets $190 Million Nasa ContractCNNMoney.com - 26 minutes ago(LMT) received a $190 million contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Launch Services program office at the Kennedy Space Center …
October 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
MSNBC
The Sputnik Shock Wave, October 4, 1957
Technology Evangelist, MN - 1 hour ago
As the capsule landed and was recovered a cheer went up and from that time on there were no more jokes about the NASA space program. …
Sputnik Stunned the World, and Its Rocket Scared the Pentagon Wired News
USSR misjudged importance of Sputnik satellite: Krushchev’s son [...]
October 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Blogroll, NASA, Politics, Space Station, Television | No Comments