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The fact that NASA decided to allot $830 million to support the development of private spacecraft for fiscal year 2013, a $400 million increase from 2012 levels, was the main reason of discord between lawmakers and officials from the space agency during two recent congressional hearings. Senators Kay Bailey Hutchis... |
8 March 2012
04:44 GMT |
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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said on November 2 that the United States and China could potentially cooperate in the field of space exploration. His view is not echoed by members of Congress, who have repeatedly told the space agency not to initiate any such plans involving the Asian nation.
Bolden spoke on Wedn... |
4 November 2011
07:54 GMT |
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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and other senior NASA officials toured the newly-completed Mobile Launch Platform at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on Tuesday, October 11. During the visit, Bolden also made some remarks about the American space agency's next rocket, the SLS.
The Space Launch System will be ... |
13 October 2011
06:51 GMT |
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On October 3, 2011, the current NASA associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD), Doug Cooke, will retire from his position, after serving the American space agency for more than 37 years. Over the course of his career, the expert was involved in aspects of managing and controlling ... |
17 August 2011
11:00 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announced today, August 12, that a new Mission Directorate has been created at NASA. Dubbed Human Exploration and Operations (HEO), the organization's main objective will be to focus on operations conducted in low-Earth orbit (LEO) and beyond.The Space Operations and Explor... |
12 August 2011
12:01 GMT |
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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a press briefing on Thursday, July 7, that the imminent closing of the Space Shuttle Program (SSP) and last year's cancellation of Project Constellation do not mean that the future is not bright for American spaceflight. The top official at the American space agency beli... |
8 July 2011
10:41 GMT |
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Since Congress mandated NASA to start work on a new generation of heavy-lift delivery systems, the space agency has been hard-pressed to come up with plans on how to build the monster rocket. Now, engineers decided to use solid rocket boosters to power up the rocket, at least for now.
The first few flights of the... |
18 June 2011
03:48 GMT |
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On Thursday, May 5, the NASA Administrator visited the Titusville, Florida-based Astrotech payload processing facility, which currently holds the Juno spacecraft. The mission is being developed by NASA to visit Jupiter, and provide new data about the gas giant. Charles Bolden visited the installation with the express... |
6 May 2011
05:35 GMT |
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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said on Wednesday, April 6, that the International Space Station (ISS) is a vital stepping stone on our quest to explore the Red Planet. The orbital facility provides a critical test platform for technologies that will be used during long-term, space exploration missions. He also add... |
8 April 2011
04:21 GMT |
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According to an announcement made by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden yesterday, February 9, the American space agency cannot possibly hope to survive without developing strong partnerships with the private space industry and spaceflight companies.The official seems to believe that these agreements are what will pro... |
10 February 2011
03:42 GMT |
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Charles Bolden, the Administrator of the American space agency has just returned home from an official visit he made to China, where he says that he and his counterpart set the stage for successful cooperation in the future. The official explains that he did not travel to China to make actual propositions to the coun... |
26 October 2010
02:47 GMT |
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Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) is opposing the visit that NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is planning to make to China, in order to discuss the possibility of cooperating on manned spaceflight in the future.The senior Republican appropriator is the ranking member on the House Appropriations commerce, justice, science subc... |
11 October 2010
01:35 GMT |
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The American space agency has been given a week to come up with new documents detailing cost estimates and possible schedules concerning the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. Originally a part of Project Constellation – the ambitious initiative to return humans to the Moon by 2020 – the capsule is currently... |
12 June 2010
04:02 GMT |
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During former US President George W. Bush's Administration, the United States adhered to a bold plan for sending back humans to the Moon within our lifetimes. Dubbed Project Constellation, the initiative was to include two new rockets (ARES I and ARES V), a space capsule (the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle), a l... |
28 May 2010
06:01 GMT |
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Speaking recently at a conference, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said that critics to the changes proposed by the 2011 budget proposal for the space agency should not be afraid of the future. The official explained that change was not necessarily a bad thing, and that the new vision for space exploration should a... |
14 April 2010
03:41 GMT |
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Under current plans for the American space agency, Project Constellation is due to be shut down next year, and the space shuttles are to be retired this September. This abrupt termination of two of the most important programs NASA has ever conducted came as a shock to many, and not a few in Congress still oppose Pres... |
9 April 2010
03:45 GMT |
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According to an announcement the White House made on Match 7, US President Barack Obama will be making a visit to Florida on April 15 to discuss the impact that his Administration's space plans will have on the community here. Florida stands to lose most if the shuttles are retired, with hundreds of the best-qua... |
9 March 2010
04:02 GMT |
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According to an email obtained by Space, it would appear that officials at NASA are developing a new plan for space exploration that would most likely include a host of compromises. Opposition for the new budget proposal is fierce in Congress, especially as far as the space exploration program goes. Representatives a... |
5 March 2010
02:30 GMT |
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Speaking yesterday, February 24, in front of senators, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said that sending astronauts to Mars was even at this time the agency's primary objective. Despite the fact that some of the basic technological capabilities for this are missing, and that the objective is at ... |
25 February 2010
03:53 GMT |
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In a memo sent to senior agency officials on February 23, the current NASA Administrator, Charles Bolden, announced a series of administrative changes that he set into effect. The reason for these changes is that the leader of the organization believes that things will run a lot smoother with these structural modific... |
25 February 2010
03:02 GMT |
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With the new budget proposal released by the Obama Administration on February 1, NASA's Project Constellation has been abandoned. Members of this new space program included the ARES I launch vehicle, the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, the Altair Lunar Lander, the Earth-Departure Stage (EDS), and the ARES V heav... |
8 February 2010
03:47 GMT |
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In a speech he held Tuesday in Washington DC, at the 215th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), NASA Administrator Charles Bolden urged nations to work more closely together in the field of space explorations. He also emphasized the fact that the United States must also engage in more cooperative effor... |
8 January 2010
03:25 GMT |
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Former astronaut and retired United States Marine Corps Major General Charles Boden Jr. was confirmed by the Senate of the US as the new NASA Administrator in mid-July. The new leader was sworn into office on July 17th, and has recently made an hour-long statement from the agency's headquarters, in Washington DC... |
22 July 2009
03:39 GMT |
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