Program Offices, New Technology Solicitations Announced
NASA has announced program office assignments at three NASA
field centers to align the president's fiscal year 2012 budget
request and the NASA Authorization Act of 2010. The agency also has
released three Space Technology Program solicitations.
Space shuttle Endeavour is set to move from the Vehicle Assembly
Building, or VAB, at Kennedy Space Center to Launch Pad 39A on
Wednesday, March 9, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Six
astronauts are targeted to launch aboard the shuttle on April
19.
Associate Administrator For Commercial Space Transportation
Addresses Orlando Conference
In a speech to the Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers
Conference held in Orlando, FL, this week, Dr. George C. Nield, the
FAA Associate Administrator For Commercial Space Transportation,
said there needs to be an honest assessment about the risk involved
in commercial spaceflight.
Issues Which Caused Scrub On February 23rd Resolved
NASA's Glory spacecraft is scheduled for launch on Friday, March
4. Technical issues with ground support equipment for the Taurus XL
launch vehicle led to the scrub of the original Feb. 23 launch
attempt. Those issues have been resolved.
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