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NRC Report on NASA's Suborbital Program
Updated: 2010-02-28 02:03:06Home SpaceRef OnOrbit SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology GeneRef Newsletter Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support NRC Report on NASA's Suborbital Program By Keith Cowing on February 27, 2010 9:03 PM 1 Comment NRC Report : Revitalizing NASA's Suborbital Program : Advancing Science , Driving Innovation , and Developing Workforce The Space Studies Board SSB was requested by NASA to conduct a review of the suborbital mission capabilities of NASA in the NASA Authorization Act of 2008 Section 505 The act expresses the sense of Congress that suborbital flight activities , including the use of sounding rockets , aircraft , and high-altitude balloons , and suborbital reusable launch vehicles , offer valuable opportunities to advance science , train the next generation of scientists and engineers , and provide opportunities for participants in the programs to acquire skills in systems engineering and systems integration that are critical to maintaining the nation's leadership in spaceChile Earthquake from the ISS (International Space Station)
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Updated: 2010-02-27 08:00:00Improving the Conversation: NASA Begins Upgrade to Deep Space Network
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All the robotic missions to various points in our solar system wouldn't be possible if not for the Deep Space Network. It's not just sending commands and receiving data, but also orbit determination, or keeping track of where the spacecraft are with radiometric tracking data so that spacecraft navigators can get probes exactly where the [...]What Burt Meant To Say
Updated: 2010-02-26 19:18:40Burt Rutan Issues Clarification on Wall Street Journal Remarks "To my friends in the Press... Since the WSJ chose to cherry-pick and miss-quote my comments to Cong Wolf and since the blogs have taken that to further mischaracterized my comments, I am forwarding the Wolf memo in its entirety, in the hopes that some of this gets corrected." Space Pioneer Burt Rutan Blasts NASA Plan, WS Journal "Commercial space pioneer Burt Rutan has sharply criticized Obama administration proposals to outsource key portions of NASA's manned space program to private firms."Leonardo To Stay Permanently on the ISS
Updated: 2010-02-26 17:54:44NASA and the Italian Space Agency announced a new use for an existing Multi Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) known as "Leonardo." It will be transformed into a Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) for the International Space Station. read moreIndian space agency gets huge hike for manned spaceflight
Updated: 2010-02-26 17:49:22According to these Indian news sources including The Hindu newspaper the Indian government has give its Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) a huge 58% hike in funding, and it seems to be all related to the human spaceflight programme the country has been discussing and planning for some timeVIDEO: US House science committee grills NASA chief
Updated: 2010-02-26 17:45:22NASA Job Cuts On The Way
Updated: 2010-02-26 17:25:22Home SpaceRef OnOrbit SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology GeneRef Newsletter Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support NASA Job Cuts On The Way By Keith Cowing on February 26, 2010 12:25 PM 3 Comments Obama's NASA budget could cost Houston 7,000 jobs KHOU Houston stands to lose big . Economists estimate as many as 7,000 jobs could be lost as the space shuttle program is phased out this year and the Constellation program winds down . NASA chief vows help for Florida employees Houston Chronicle Florida , facing the loss of some 14,000 jobs from retirement of the shuttle and President Barack Obama's proposed cancellation of the Constellation program , is widely expected to be an electoral battleground in the 2012 presidential campaign . David Vitter criticizes NASA budget as lacking in ambition NOLA.com Vitter , who also is concerned about the impact on jobs at the Michoud facility in eastern New Orleans , which produces the space shuttle's external fuel tanks , faulted the newNASA announces ISS to get another module, Leonardo
Updated: 2010-02-26 14:54:46, FlightGlobal.com Home Premium Archive Video Images Forum Blogs Jobs Shop Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries Indian space agency gets huge hike for manned spaceflight VIDEO : US House science committee grills NASA chief Burt Rutan responds to Buzz Aldrin Wall Street Journal op-ed That Burt Rutan memo to Congressman Wolf in full NASA announces ISS to get another module , Leonardo VIDEO : SpaceX Falcon 9 roll out Burt Rutan sets the record straight VIDEO : NASA Project M humanoid lunar explorers VIDEO : Japanese astronaut demos zero-g cuisine VIDEO : Senate NASA budget trequest hearing Recent Assets NASA announces ISS to get another module , Leonardo By Rob Coppinger on February 26, 2010 2:54 PM Permalink Comments 0 TrackBacks 0 Finally NASA has announced what has been trailled here at Flightglobal.com and Hyperbola for some time with one twist . rather than the MPLM Raffaello becoming the PMM , it is now the module Leonardo You can watch here NASA ISS programme manager Michael Suffredini talk about what it would take for this permanent module Shuttle mission . I ncredibly NASA originally rejected this idea despite the clear gap in station sparesVIDEO: SpaceX Falcon 9 roll out
Updated: 2010-02-26 11:51:11Care of Space Fellowship ere is the Space Exploration Technologies time lapse videos of the roll out and erection of its Falcon 9 flight one vehicle scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral in the next couple of monthsThe 39-Day "Red Planet" Special! -Does New Propulsion Technology Make It Possible?
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Updated: 2010-02-26 08:03:00NASA's Space Shuttle Program Successfully Conducts Final Motor Test in Utah
Updated: 2010-02-26 02:41:11NASA's Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor Feb. 25 in Promontory, Utah. The flight support motor, or FSM-17, burned for approximately 123 seconds - the same time each reusable solid rocket motor burns during an actual space shuttle launch. Preliminary indications show all test objectives were met. After final test data are analyzed, results for each objective will be published in a NASA report. read moreUsing Payload Fraction Expressions in an Example
Updated: 2010-02-26 01:19:22Now that I’ve gotten the math and derivations out of the way, let’s us the payload fraction expressions in a real-world example. Let’s say you work for the chief technologist of NASA, and he’s thinking about sending humans to Mars. He’s considering whether or not to invest in a seemingly-promising new technology: nuclear thermal propulsion. [...]VIDEO: NASA Project M - humanoid lunar explorers
Updated: 2010-02-25 17:27:50Care of SpaceRefOnOrbit here is the video for NASA's Project MVIDEO: Japanese astronaut demos zero-g cuisine
Updated: 2010-02-25 14:58:00Care of Japan's Fuji tv and space exploration blog Space Gizmo here is a video of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut and International Space Station crew member Soichi Noguchi tackling sushi in microgravityVIDEO: Senate NASA budget trequest hearing
Updated: 2010-02-25 13:32:55Care of Spaceflight Now here is a video of the Senate commerce, science and transportation committee's science and space subcommittee hearing about the NASA fiscal year 2011 budget request and human spaceflight plansYou Create the Caption
Updated: 2010-02-25 08:06:00Calculating Gross-Mass-Sensitive Term
Updated: 2010-02-25 00:46:35In the last post, I attempted to calculate a basic expression for the propellant-mass-sensitive term (lambda) and in this one I will attempt to do the same thing for the gross-mass-sensitive term (phi). In so doing, I will hopefully be able to show how a number of key factors in the rocket design affect [...]Roscosmos starts Gagarin 50th anniversary preparation
Updated: 2010-02-25 00:07:09With over a year to go before the 50th anniversary of the beginning of human spaceflight on 12 April 2011 the Russian Federal Space Agency (aka Roscosmos) as already started a Yuri Gagarin 50th anniversary webpage to collect Gagarin memorabilia and then howcase it on the website. The first flight of a human being into space is celebrated every year around the world on 12 April under the banner of "Yuri's night", o doubt the celebrations will be bigger and better than ever on the 50th anniversary. The video above is in Russian and also shows Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, mastermind of the Soviet space programmeVIDEO: Local tv stations report jobs impact of Obama plan
Updated: 2010-02-24 18:24:22UPDATED: here is another videoVIDEO: NASA's Ares I and Orion feature in UK pop video
Updated: 2010-02-24 11:52:39NASA's Constellation programme Ares I crew launch vehicle and Orion crew exlporation vehicle feature in the latest video from K singer Robbie Williams. In the video footage from the Ares I-X test is used and the rocket and spacecraft send the singer on a journey through the solar system via the International Space Station and back to EarthNASA Lunar Electric Rover Simulator iPhone App
Updated: 2010-02-24 03:24:17"Welcome to the NASA Lunar Electric Rover (LER) Simulator. You don't need a driver's license, but you still need to buckle up as the LER Simulator gives you a glimpse of what it might be like to support the activities of a functioning Lunar Outpost. Get busy. You never know if your skills here will become a major part of the NASA Astronaut application process in the future." Download at the iTunes store read moreCalculating Propellant-Mass-Sensitive Term
Updated: 2010-02-24 02:18:44In my last two posts I’ve been talking about calculating payload fraction of a rocket using the mass ratio from the rocket equation and some vehicle parameters that have been sensitive to propellant mass and gross mass. To use these parameters successfully, it would be helpful to have some idea what they should be [...]Russia to develop low Lunar orbit "transfer stages"
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FlightGlobal.com Home Premium Archive Video Images Forum Blogs Jobs Shop Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries Senator Hutchison's wish list for human spaceflight VIDEO : NASA's Ares I and Orion feature in UK pop video Russia to develop low Lunar orbit transfer stages VIDEO : Space Shuttle Mission to the future 1981 VIDEO : NASA chief Charles Bolden on CNN WEBCAST : Watch 3 February Congressional NASA hearing VIDEO : NASA chief Charlie Bolden 6 February press conf WEBCAST : Watch Next-Generation Suborbital Conference here nsrc VIDEO : That Obama , ISS crew chat Will Congress keep US space programme adrift Recent Assets Russia to develop low Lunar orbit transfer stages By Rob Coppinger on February 23, 2010 3:34 PM Permalink Comments 0 TrackBacks 0 In credit : ESA caption : Former Space Troops general and now Federal Space Agency head Anatoly Perminov In an interview with Russian spaceflight magazine Novosti Kosmonavtiki Anatoly Perminov see picture head of the Federal Space Agency aka Roscosmos talks about the agency's plans for its new launch vehicles and spacecraft , which now include orbital tugs and transfer stages for manned lunar missions WhilePayload Fraction Accounting for Gross-Mass-Sensitive Term
Updated: 2010-02-23 01:00:50As I prepared for this post tonight, I realized that I wasn’t really modifying the rocket equation at all–I have been using the rocket equation and a summation of mass terms to find the payload fraction, which I consider an especially useful value to know. Furthermore, if you read my previous post, you probably figured out [...]“Space Enterprise: Living and Working Offworld in the 21st Century”
Updated: 2010-02-22 18:05:55Harris, Philip Robert “Space Enterprise: Living and Working Offworld in the 21st Century” Springer/Praxis 2009 ISBN13: 978-0-387-77639-2 Publisher’s Web Site“Down to Earth: How Space Technology Improves our Lives”
Updated: 2010-02-22 17:29:22Fletcher, K. (Ed.) “Down to Earth: How Space Technology Improves our Lives” ESA Technology Transfer Program Office 09/2009 ISBN13: 978-9-292-21019-9 Publisher’s Web Site On-Line Text </img“Station Solaire”
Updated: 2010-02-22 16:53:56Eschbach, Andreas “Station Solaire” L’Atalante 1996 (2000) ISBN: 2-841-72129-9 Publisher’s Web SiteA Tether Technology Anniversary
Updated: 2010-02-17 01:22:25Rotating momentum-exchange tethers are a very exciting technology, but one of my first thoughts after being exposed to the technology was the tricky rendezvous. The space industry has spent all kinds of money and time on satellite rendezvous, and these are typically slow, long, drawn-out affairs with two satellites in almost precisely identical orbits, [...]