September 2016
Paediatric cancer patients aim for the stars with space inspired art project
... as authentic. So I contacted my friend Gordon Andrews, a communications specialist for the International Space Station (ISS) team at the NASA Johnson Space Center, briefed him on my plan and asked if he could help me get accurate specs for a space...
October 2016
Unlocking the potential of annular ion engines
...technology is adopted for further development by non-NASA U.S. customers, the NASA development path for the AIE concept will be... capabilities more-directly supportive of the non-NASA customers is possible. Despite limited resources significant...
May 2018
Space safety – the problem with dual hatting
...organizational causes of the Columbia accident - concluded that NASA’s organization for the Shuttle program combined, among other ... digging deeper into both the problem and the NASA rationale. NASA’s response is disingenuous in the extreme. Safety and...
June 2019
Space industry prime directive
...and mission commander on STS-45 and STS-60 before becoming NASA Administrator from July 2009 to January 2017. Today he... you should do and another to actually bring yourself to do it. Is NASA going to let go of the Space Station in the same way? No,...
March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
...System (SLS), designed for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth orbit. Equipped to launch crews of up to four in NASA’s Orion spacecraft, its first significant test is Artemis, the much-publicised mission to land American astronauts “including...
12 June 2020
NASA picks Astrobotic to fly VIPER to the Moon
... next man to the lunar surface in 2024 through the Artemis program.” VIPER’s flight to the Moon is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, which leverages the capabilities of industry partners to quickly deliver scientific...
