Comments Come After Conference Call On Planetary Research And Analysis Restructuring
NASA's Planetary Director Jim Green held a virtual town hall meeting with the planetary scientific community Tuesday in which he outlined and answered questions about the proposed agency restructuring plans to consolidate some of the supporting research and technology activities to ensure a balanced planetary science portfolio for the next decade.
Comet Now 'Likely Only Dust' After Close Encounter With The Sun
After several days of continued observations, scientists continue to work to determine and to understand the fate of Comet ISON: There's no doubt that the comet shrank in size considerably as it rounded the sun and there's no doubt that something made it out on the other side to shoot back into space. The question remains as to whether the bright spot seen moving away from the sun was simply debris, or whether a small nucleus of the original ball of ice was still there. Regardless, it is likely that it is now only dust.
Falcon 9 Rocket Meets 100 Percent Of Mission Objectives
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) successfully completed its first geostationary transfer mission, delivering the SES-8 satellite to its targeted 295 x 80,000 km orbit. Falcon 9 executed a picture-perfect flight, meeting 100% of mission objectives.
BE-3 Engine Designed To Boost Manned Missions Into Low Earth Orbit
NASA commercial crew partner Blue Origin of Kent, WA, announced it has tested a new, hydrogen- and oxygen-fueled engine designed to lift the company's crewed Space Vehicle on future missions out of Earth's atmosphere. Blue Origin is one of the American companies developing next generation rockets and spacecraft capable of carrying humans to low-Earth orbit.
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