Space
Hubble Astronauts Behind in Training for Oct. 10 Launch (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - The seven NASA astronauts preparing to rocket toward the Hubble Space Telescope next month aboard the shuttle Atlantis are a week behind in their training due to the recent Hurricane Ike, making it difficult to keep to the planned Oct. 10 launch, the mission's commander said Tuesday. Read more…
Obama Backs NASA Waiver, Possible Shuttle Extension (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is urging Congress to take several steps to ensure the United States can continue to access the international space station beyond 2011. Read more…
Mars Rover Sets Sights on Biggest Crater Yet (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - After a two-year stay in Mar's Victoria Crater, NASA's Opportunity rover will be moving on to an even bigger playground. Read more…
Little Mars rover that could heads to new crater (Reuters)
Reuters - The aging but intrepid Mars rover Opportunity is set to embark on a two-year mission it may never complete -- a 7-mile (12-km) journey to a crater far bigger than one it has called home for two years, NASA said on Monday. Read more…
Space X Could Launch Next Falcon Rocket by Sept. 23 (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is making preparations for a Falcon 1 launch attempt that could occur as soon as Sept. 23, according to an update posted on the Hawthorne, Calif.-based rocket company's Web site. Read more…
Sun May Be Galactic Hitchhiker (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Astronomers have long believed that most stars are homebodies which stick close to their birthplaces. But a new simulation supports the suggestion that our sun might have once hitchhiked through the galaxy. Read more…
Satellite Insurance Rates Driven by Capacity, Not Track Record (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Insurance underwriters and brokers said the market remains healthy despite the fact that claims slightly exceeded premiums in 2007. They said they discriminate among launch vehicles and satellite designs when they can to reflect manufacturers' different success rates, but that the market remains too small to overturn the general principle that the most reliable designs in effect subsidize the insurability of the less reliable hardware. Read more…
Ulysses Reveals Global Solar Wind Plasma Output At 50-Year Low
Data from the Ulysses spacecraft show the sun has reduced its output of solar wind to the lowest levels since accurate readings became available. Read more…
50th Anniversary Gala Event Carried Live On NASA TV and Internet
NASA Television and www.nasa.gov will broadcast a gala event commemorating the agency's Golden Anniversary on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 8 p.m. EDT. Read more…
NASA to Preview Next Space Station Expedition
The work of the next International Space Station residents will be previewed in a briefing broadcast on NASA Television at 1 p.m. CDT Thursday, Sept. 25, from NASA's Johnson Space Center. Read more…
