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Congratulations to the ISS crew for replacing a persnickety cooling pump, as reported by the AP in Spacewalking astronauts plug in new cooling pump. AmericaSpace Note: The real issue of the cooling pump was not one of whether the astronauts could get the job done–these folks always seem to come through no matter how bad it [...] Rendezvous and docking may not sound like the most exciting topic to read about, but NASA has developed, according to this articleA Perfect STORRM, an improved method for rendezvous and docking as part of Project Orion. Sensor Test for Orion Relative Navigation Risk Mitigation, or STORRM, is a new sensor technology that will make it easier [...] The New York Times has a good article on the Space Station Malfunction Prompts Shutdowns. Fortunately, there is a backup cooling pump. But after reading this article, it does cross the mind that, when the Shuttle is retired, ISS is going to be very vulnerable should any large mass items fail, items that only the [...] Life just got a bit tougher for those in Congress, especially on the Democratic side, thinking of opposing H.R. 5781. Today, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers wrote of support for H.R. 5781. As noted in the IAM’s letter, “We believe that this bipartisan effort by the House Science and Technology Committee represents a viable [...] According to an article in the Orlando Sentinel by Mark Mathews and Bobby Block, commercial space supporters within NASA, a group soon-to-be under survival, if not other, pressures, are worried that the Senate’s compromise space bill will only put NASA back on the same so-called “unsustainable” path it was on with Constellation. “Days before the compromise [...] Excellent coverage of today’s events in the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Science, Transportation & Commerce can be found at Marcia Smith’s Space Policy Online, Senate Committee Approves NASA Authorization Bill FacebookTwitterDiggItTechnoratiDel.icio.usBlinklistFurlreddit Just released by the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation: Commerce Committee Approves NASA Bill – Chairman Rockefeller Says Bipartisan Bill is Innovative and Forward-Looking Jena Longo – Democratic Deputy Communications Director (202) 224-8374 Jul 15 2010 – Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the [...] In a strong analysis titled, Sen. John Glenn’s statement regarding NASA manned space flight, former Senator John Glenn makes a strong case for a common sense human space flight program and concludes in part the following, Extend the Shuttle. It is key to ISS ready access. Phase-in new space access providers only as [...] AmericaSpace Note: We received the following letter by Rep. Pete Olson from a friend this morning and thought we would share it with you. Mr. Roger Tetrault, a former member of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB), wrote to Rep. Olson of his concerns about the path that the Obama Administration and its affects on [...] During yesterday’s hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, its Chairman Senator Jay Rockefeller asked the question how does human space exploration matter, not only today, but in the future? He also wanted to know how human space flight helps the human condition, sufficient to its budget, in America? Senator Rockerfeller doesn’t see why humans [...] |
On the Move
 As if surrounded by a celestial halo, space shuttle Discovery made its way towards the expansive confines of NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building following a move from its processing hangar on Sept. 9, 2010. A metal sling will be carefully connected to the spacecraft and then operators will hoist it from transfer aisle to the high reaches of the 52-story building before lowering it into place beside the external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters. Crews then will connect the spacecraft giving the stack its familiar launch day form. Discovery is targeted to liftoff on the 11-day STS-133 mission on Nov. 1 at 4:40 p.m. EDT. Image Credit: Jen Scheer Read More |
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