Augustine Committee Issues Final Report on Manned Space Program
Six weeks after the release of the committee’s preliminary report, the U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee has released its final report. The...
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Cassini Mission to Saturn Continues to Make Discoveries
Launched in 1997, the Cassini probe to Saturn completed its initial four-year mission in...
NASA Prepares to Launch New Rocket for Manned Space Program
With the release of the full report by the Augustine Committee only days away,...
LCROSS Space Probe Hits Moon
NASA normally strives to keep its robotic probes from crashing, but today’s conclusion to...
Canadian Clown the Latest “Space Tourist”
With NASA Administrator Charles Bolden taking tentative steps toward more free market possibilities for...
Lunar Probe Finds Water on the Moon
NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) has verified an discovery important for the future of...
Jupiter Had Temporary Moon for 12 Years
Standing outside on a clear night, people all over the world look up and...
Report Calls Continued Space Program Into Doubt
The U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee on September 8 released its Summary Report,...
Space Exploration Cost Overestimated, Study Finds
From deficit estimates to the cost of a socialized health care system, the Obama...
Private Companies compete for Google Lunar X Prize
The recent launch of South Korea’s Naro-1 rocket marked the emergence of the 10th...
South Korea Launches First Rocket
After a six-day delay caused by a faulty valve, South Korea has launched its...
NASA Committee Weighs Future of Manned Space Program
In an age of out of control government spending — over $30 billion a...
The Private Sector and the future of Space Exploration
An article at Wired.com (“Rocket Booster: Let Private Sector help NASA”) keeps a free-market...
South Korea Aborts Rocket Launch
According to a report in the Associated Press, South Korea aborted its first launch...
Abu Dhabi Backs Space Tourism
Aabar Investments of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates agreed on July 28...
Remembering Apollo 11 and the Promise of the “Space Age”
As millions of Americans remember “where they were” 40 years ago when they first...
National Geographic Defends the Facts of the Apollo 11 Mission
Neil Armstrong’s famous “small step” at the moon’s Sea of Tranquility on July 20,...
Senate Confirms Bolden as NASA Administrator
A July 16 article posted to the online tech journal The Register entitled, “Former...
Satellite Spying on Americans
When the Associated Press leads a story with the headline that “Homeland security kills...
Obama Names Bolden for NASA
“Obama's NASA selection is a boost for manned spaceflight” proclaimed the headline to the...