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Robert Kramer 27 Aug 2013 | 12:10 am
Robert S. Kraemer, NASA's former director of planetary exploration, dies at 84, Washington Post Robert S. Kramer, Washington Post "As Director of Planetary Exploration at NASA, Bob was instrumental ...
CASIS and Confusing Claims of Confidentiality 26 Aug 2013 | 11:57 pm
Keith's note: CASIS sent out a news release today by email to the news media. At the bottom of the email was a confidentiality clause i.e. "The information contained in this e-mail message is intended...
Astronaut Gregory Johnson Leaves NASA Joins CASIS 26 Aug 2013 | 07:57 pm
Col. Gregory H. Johnson Named CASIS Executive Director, CASIS "Today, Gregory H. Johnson, Colonel (Ret), was named executive director for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) - ...
How To Watch LADEE Launch From Your Front Yard 26 Aug 2013 | 12:54 am
How to Watch the Launch of LADEE (with lots of images), Orbital "The inaugural mission of a Minotaur V rocket is scheduled to occur on September 6, 2013 to launch NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Env...
NASA's Confusing Policy on Social Media Accounts 26 Aug 2013 | 12:05 am
Keith's note: NASA has lots of Twitter accounts and websites - more than any other Federal agency - by far. But as NASA PAO AA David Weaver recently said at a NASA Advisory Council EPO Subcommittee (a...
Google Lunar X Prize: Changing Rules - and Fewer Entrants? 25 Aug 2013 | 12:34 am
$10 million Genomics X Prize canceled: 'Outpaced by innovation', NBC "For the first time in its 18-year history, the X Prize Foundation is canceling one of its $10 million competitions for technologi...
LADEE - Back to the Moon 23 Aug 2013 | 07:46 pm
LADEE - Going Back to the Moon [Watch], NASA "A model of the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft is seen in the foreground during a LADEE mission briefing at NASA Headqu...
Earthrise Photographed 47 Years Ago Today 23 Aug 2013 | 07:08 pm
First Earthrise Photo Taken 47 Years Ago Today "47 Years ago today, on 23 August 1966, Lunar Orbiter 1 snapped the first photo of Earth as seen from lunar orbit. While a remarkable image at the time,...
New Asteroid Redirect Mission Imagery Released 23 Aug 2013 | 12:45 am
NASA Releases New Imagery of Asteroid Mission [Watch], NASA "NASA released Thursday new photos and video animations depicting the agency's planned mission to find, capture, redirect, and study a near...
Gordon Fullerton 22 Aug 2013 | 08:35 am
Retired NASA Astronaut, Research Test Pilot Gordon Fullerton Dies "C. Gordon Fullerton, who compiled a distinguished career as a NASA astronaut, research pilot and Air Force test pilot spanning almos...
