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RSS NASA STS-133 Mission Updates

  • VAB Preps Continue for Discovery
  • VAB Teams Prepare to Welcome Discovery
  • Discovery to be Placed on Transporter
  • Discovery Prepping for Transport Loading
  • Discovery Preps Focus on Landing Gear Tires
  • Tool Stowage Assembly Goes into Discovery Today
  • Discovery's Engines to be Configured Today
  • Discovery's Processing Goes Smoothly Ahead of Rollover
  • Leak Checks Today for Discovery
  • OMS Pod Leak Testing Today

Lawmakers Pressure NASA to Delay Shuttle’s Retirement

By Rick on 17 April 2009 at 2:21PM

The faltering economy threatens to disrupt plans to retire the U.S. space-shuttle fleet next year and free up funds to develop a new generation of manned spacecraft.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123992911190127639.html

Category: Manned Exploration, Orion, Shuttle, Space Politics, US | Leave a comment

NASA’s Secret Rebels Want Obama on Their Side

By Rick on 8 April 2009 at 12:25PM

Some envisioned Jupiter configurations, including crew and cargo variants. Image courtesy of DIRECTLAUNCHER.COMNASA rocket scientists secretly working on what they say is a better, safer rocket want President Obama to ditch the space agency's official space-shuttle replacement design and pick theirs instead.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,513231,00.html

Category: Manned Exploration, Project Constellation, Space Politics, US | Leave a comment