Contrary to news reports, NASA has not officially or unofficially been discussing the purchase of H-II Transfer Vehicles (HTV) -- uninhabited resupply cargo ships for the space station -- from the Japanese Space Agency, or JAXA.
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Louisiana Economic Development Team Receives NASA Public Service Achievement Award
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Visionary 'NASA Exploration Experience' Exhibit on Display at Liberty Science Center, July 20-23
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I recently learned that NASA has made some limited use of human cadavers in testing during the development of the Orion spacecraft. As you will see, there is a practical reason for using this approach.
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NASA has asked its main contractor for its new Orion spacecraft to prepare estimates for what it would cost to shift a number of important program milestones for the initial Ares 1 rocket and Orion spacecraft missions.
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Over the last 6 months, representatives from NASA and ESA have been engaged in detailed assessment of potential programs and technologies that when conducted cooperatively could one day support a human outpost on the Moon.
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Volcanism has played a more extensive role in shaping the surface of Mercury than scientists had thought. This result comes from multispectral imaging data gathered in January 2008 by MESSENGER, the latest spacecraft to visit the Sun's innermost planet.
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Over the last two years, NASA has performed feasibility assessments of the different DIRECT launch vehicle designs that have emerged. These feasibility assessments are summarized in the attached white paper.
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According to NASA sources, Spacehab notified NASA on 29 May 2008 that it was requesting that its COTS (Commercial Orbital Transportation Services) Space Act Agreement (SAA) be terminated within 30 days.
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The Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) today announced that the China National Space Administration (CNSA) has been accepted as the eleventh full member agency of the organization.
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I fully support the use of human cadavers as expressed in this article. I...with out proper funding there is almost certinly delays, the same thing...This is relay impresive , the idea of a space station in low lunar orbit...EXCUSE ME???!!! WINTER ENDED ON MARCH 20th!!!! On May 30-31st, SUMMER is 3...Wayne, what is that reference to "a bus ride to Abilene" about?...Hi Wayne, I have just a question about the Phoenix Lander from a big fan...That’s good news but I tipped then off 2 days before they announce that...It was exciting seeing this announced on Twitter last night!...