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August 14, 2009 5:00 PM
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Dog Days of Augustine for U.S. Space Panel
The chair of a blue-ribbon panel reviewing the U.S. human space program briefed senior Obama Administration science officials today on what's expected to be a frank assessment of NASA's choices....
Asteroid Hunt Proceeding; All It Needs Is Money
Astronomers are making good progress discovering and tracking large asteroids that could hit Earth, but they won't meet the goal set by Congress without dedicated funding, according to a report...
August 7, 2009 11:29 AM
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Panel Says NASA Should Reopen Innovation Institute
In a rare rebuke to NASA, today the National Academy of Sciences told the space agency it should reopen an organization designed to come up with innovative technologies. The NASA...
July 21, 2009 5:20 PM
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Hawaii Lands the Thirty Meter Telescope
The summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, home to many telescopes big and small, will be the site for what would be the biggest of them all: the Thirty Meter...
July 17, 2009 2:03 PM
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Can Apollo Fervor Ever Return?
Times have changed, says Norman Augustine, the retired aerospace executive who is chairing a blue-ribbon panel examining alternative futures for the U.S. human space flight effort. At a press conference...
July 16, 2009 2:22 PM
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Ready for Launch: NASA Chief and Deputy Confirmed by Senate
The U.S. space agency has a leader to celebrate today’s 40th anniversary of the first human mission to the moon. The Senate yesterday confirmed Charles Bolden as NASA administrator and...
July 9, 2009 5:06 PM
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Planetary Scientists Sharpening Their Pencils
WASHINGTON, D.C.—With NASA mired in budgetary woes, scientists this week gathered here at the National Academy of Sciences to begin planning the next decade’s missions to the solar system. The...
July 7, 2009 3:31 PM
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Academy Report Tells Obama to Think Big About Space
The Obama Administration should use the U.S. civil space program to help meet a broader array of national goals, says a report released today by the National Academies' National Research...
Money Woes Strip Europe's Mars Mission of Instrument
Last November was crunch time for Europe’s ExoMars mission to the red planet when member governments of the European Space Agency (ESA) pinned back the project’s budget to €850 million....
May 26, 2009 2:15 PM
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NASA Veterans Nominated to Lead Space Agency
After a week of playing coy, President Barack Obama finally announced his choice to lead NASA on 23 May. He picked two space flight advocates—former astronaut Charles Bolden and Washington...
May 21, 2009 10:46 AM
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White House Not Ready to Nominate NASA Administrator
Last weekend, several media outlets reported that the White House was on the verge of nominating former astronaut Charles Bolden Jr. as the administrator of NASA. The only step along...
May 18, 2009 3:10 PM
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Former Astronaut Could Be Next NASA Administrator
Former astronaut Charles Bolden is expected to be named the next administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as early as today, according to press reports over the weekend....
May 14, 2009 4:12 PM
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NSF Tags $400 Million From Stimulus for New Facilities
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has decided to begin building three major new scientific facilities: a research ship, a solar telescope, and a network of ocean observatories. NSF Director Arden...
May 12, 2009 5:12 PM
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Mars Rover Stopped in Its Tracks
The Spirit rover has bogged down on Mars, a development that could end its long-running mission of exploration. NASA announced late yesterday that Spirit had dug its wheels deep into...
April 23, 2009 2:37 PM
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Scientists, Astronauts, and Lawyers Combat Asteroid Threat
An asteroid is hurtling towards Earth. Should we try to nudge it off course, or blow it to smithereens? Should we evacuate the projected impact zone? Who will make these...
April 3, 2009 11:32 AM
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NASA Inspector General Crash Lands
Robert "Moose" Cobb has resigned after years of controversy, including calls for his resignation from House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee Chair Bart Gordon (D–TN)....
April 1, 2009 4:28 PM
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Not an April Fool's Joke for NASA
As expected, comedian Stephen Colbert continues to push the case for that node on the international space station to be named after him....
March 24, 2009 2:05 PM
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Who Will Sit at NASA's Helm?
President Barack Obama chatted today with the astronauts completing work on NASA's international space station, joking with the crew for nearly half an hour. But he gave no sign of...
March 23, 2009 6:16 PM
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Space Station Colbert?
No joke, as the AP is reporting: NASA's online contest to name a new room at the international space station went awry. Comedian Stephen Colbert won. The name "Colbert" beat...
March 3, 2009 6:02 PM
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Academy President Says There's No Race to the Moon
Representative Frank Wolf (R–VA) is a harsh critic of the Chinese government for its trade policies as well as its treatment of minorities, religious groups, and political activists. He's also...
March 3, 2009 2:10 PM
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Scientists: NASA Doesn't Shine When It Comes to Solar Research
The U.S. space agency came under fire from the National Research Council 2 years ago for failing to fulfill its promises to monitor Earth aggressively using a series of...
February 26, 2009 4:08 PM
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More on NASA 2010 Budget Request
With an emphasis on earth science, NASA gets a welcome boost in President Barack Obama's new budget released today. The Administration will request $18.7 billion for 2010, which is...
February 24, 2009 11:48 AM
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Indian Space Program Progresses
BANGALORE, INDIA—India is a step closer to fulfilling its aspiration of putting a human in space by 2015. A blue-ribbon government panel gave a nod last week to the Indian...
February 24, 2009 9:51 AM
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CO2 Monitoring Satellite Fails
A $280 million NASA satellite designed to monitor carbon dioxide emissions failed early this morning because of a problem with the Taurus XL rocket. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory was a...
Jupiter Beats Saturn in Solar System Throwdown
The hottest competition in the solar system is over. NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) said today that each agency will launch a probe to Jupiter in 2020...
February 12, 2009 12:59 PM
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Four Candidates Top NASA List, Says Obama
Who will be the next NASA chief? Speculation has been rife for months about who will replace Michael Griffin as the space agency administrator. Yesterday, U.S. President Barack Obama did...
February 2, 2009 3:39 PM
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A New Space Prize Sign of the Times?
The Heinlein Prize Trust is offering a new $25,000 prize for scientists to design microgravity experiments to fly into space in the next 2 years. SpaceX, an innovative commercial space company...
January 29, 2009 5:26 PM
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The Scribe and the Rovers
Great poetic find by the New York Times's Kenneth Chang. It's a touching counterpoint, 2 days after writer John Updike passed away, to the news that the NASA Spirit rover on Mars...
January 16, 2009 3:32 PM
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Clues to Life May Change Selection of Next Mars Rover Site
Yesterday's announcement of methane on Mars--a possible byproduct of life--could influence where NASA's next rover touches down, according to an agency official. One possible target is Nili Fossae, a...
House Cash Would Bring NASA Down to Earth
Space program critics often complain that spending money on space doesn't benefit people stuck within the confines of this planet. But in the midst of the biggest financial crisis since...
January 15, 2009 12:15 PM
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New Wings for NASA?
The appointment of a new NASA administrator typically comes months after the 20 January swearing-in of a new president. But Washington insiders say that President-elect Barack Obama may name his...
January 5, 2009 2:14 PM
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Could NASA Get a Lift From the Pentagon?
Bloomburg says President-elect Barack Obama might think so:Obama has said the Pentagon’s space program -- which spent about $22 billion in fiscal year 2008, almost a third more than NASA’s...
December 18, 2008 3:49 PM
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Obama Advised Not to Fire NASA Administrator
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin may be under fire for his alleged rude behavior toward the Obama transition team, and he's said he doesn't expect to keep his job. But Representative...
December 17, 2008 7:14 PM
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Astronaut Declines Presidential Invitation, Science Her Excuse
She sends regrets, from orbit Image via Wikipedia Astronaut Sandra Magnus won't be joining her six fellow crewmates in the presidential inauguration parade in which they've been invited to march...
December 4, 2008 1:27 PM
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Cash-Strapped NASA Delays Mars Journey
Grim-faced NASA officials went before the cameras today with bad news for Mars aficionados. Given a series of technical troubles, the agency will delay launch of the Mars Science...
November 24, 2008 2:03 PM
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Former NASA Science Chief Lashes Out
NASA managers are typically like old soldiers—they fade away once they leave the agency, discreetly joining aerospace companies, stepping into academia, or entering retirement. But Alan Stern's not going quietly....
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