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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Jul. 11, 2011 | 12:32 PDT | 19:32 UTC
A visit with Curiosity
I had an amazing opportunity back in April: an invitation to go inside the fabled Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to see the next Mars rover up close. There hadn't been enough notice of the date that this was going to... More»
Jul. 8, 2011 | 16:53 PDT | 23:53 UTC
Getting Ready for the Next Skirmish: Battle Over NASA Budget Continues
by Charlene M. Anderson
Shudders are still rolling through the space-exploration community after the House Commerce, Justice, and Science Subcommittee voted on July 7 to slash NASA's budget by $1.9 billion. The full House Appropriations Committee... More»
Jul. 8, 2011 | 14:09 PDT | 21:09 UTC
Atlantis lifts off for the shuttle programs final mission
by Jason Davis
"Two, one, zero and liftoff! The final liftoff of Atlantis -- on the shoulders of the space shuttle, America will continue the dream."
– NASA public affairs officer George Diller
Despite a persistent threat of rain and... More»
Jul. 7, 2011 | 16:39 PDT | 23:39 UTC
The Space Shuttle's Faithful Companions
by Jason Davis
On July 4th, a group of astronauts arrived at Kennedy Space Center to begin final preparations for a space shuttle flight for the last time. Their method of transportation from Houston to Cape Canaveral? T-38 fighter jets. In... More»
Jul. 7, 2011 | 14:54 PDT | 21:54 UTC
House subcommittee votes to slash NASA
by Bill Nye
Today the U.S. House of Representative subcommittee charged with appropriating funds to NASA mandated a draconian cut of almost $2 billion from the space agency's proposed budget.
How will NASA deal with the cut?
Get this: Gone will... More»
Jul. 6, 2011 | 10:17 PDT | 17:17 UTC
Weather questionable for Atlantis' first launch window
by Jason Davis
The space shuttle Atlantis continues to sit patiently on launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, awaiting its first launch attempt on Friday, July 8th at 11:26 EDT (15:26 UTC). NASA's latest reports indicate the shuttle and crew are... More»
Jul. 6, 2011 | 08:40 PDT | 15:40 UTC
Guest blog: Ryan Anderson: Summary of the fifth MSL landing site selection meeting
Ryan Anderson wrote this article immediately following the landing site selection meeting on May 20. I asked him for permission to repost it here and then forgot to! Here it is -- it's still very relevant, as the final decision on the landing site... More»
Jul. 5, 2011 | 15:15 PDT | 22:15 UTC
Hubble's Millionth Observation
by Bill Nye
The Hubble Space Telescope has recorded its millionth observation. Yesterday, July 4, the spacecraft's Wide Field Camera 3 recorded some spectral data, some observations of light, from a fantastically distant star that clearly has a... More»
Jul. 4, 2011 | 07:37 PDT | 14:37 UTC
Programming note: One more summer vacation
I'm headed off today for my other summer vacation, and will again be going totally offline -- no reading news, no blogging, no Tweeting, no unmannedspaceflight. I've written a few posts that will appear during my absence and have lined up a few... More»
Jul. 4, 2011 | 07:30 PDT | 14:30 UTC
Ever closer to Vesta
Here's a photo of Vesta that was released by the Dawn team on Friday. I didn't post it right away because the version of the image in the official release has some bizarre processing artifacts that make it look as though the image had been made by... More»
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