SpaceNews

House of Representatives to take up NASA Flexibility Act of 2003

On Wednesday 28 January 2004, the House of Representatives will take up S. 610, the “NASA Workforce Flexibility Act of 2003”. This legislation was introduced in the House by Science Committee Chairman ...
SpaceNews

NASA Scientist Awarded 2003 ASPRS Distinguished John I. Davidson Award

Drs. Assaf Anyamba, Robert Mahoney and Compton J. Tucker of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., are the first place recipients of the 2003 John I. Davidson President’s Award for ...
SpaceRef

NASA FY 2003 Budget Background: Office of Space Science (Code S)

next decade and beyond, to explore the far reaches of the solar system in the search for answers to some of the greatest questions in human history. Safe and proven electrical generating technologies ...
Los Angeles Times

NASA to Expand Investigative Panel Amid Worries of Whitewash

HOUSTON — NASA will add people to a panel investigating the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia, its administrator said Thursday, amid concerns that the panel’s members are too close to the ...
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian

NASA tightens safety regulations

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Spurred by a post-Columbia safety review, NASA is stepping up exterior inspections of the international space station and making numerous improvements, including ...
The Washington Post

O'Keefe Rejects Idea That NASA Has Grown Complacent

NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe yesterday strongly disputed criticism that the space agency had grown complacent about safety before the Feb. 1 Columbia space shuttle disaster, and complained that a ...
Los Angeles Times

NASA Is Planning to Launch Next Shuttle as Early as Fall

WASHINGTON — Even before investigators determine what destroyed the Columbia spacecraft, NASA has begun plans to launch one of the three remaining shuttles as early as next fall, the agency’s top ...
The Washington Post

NASA Faulted on Bid to Resume Shuttle Flights

House Science Committee Chairman Sherwood L. Boehlert (R-N.Y.) said yesterday that NASA is rushing to meet an "unrealistic" deadline for resuming space shuttle operations and should take more time to ...
Government Executive

Manager of NASA space shuttle program resigns

The manager of NASA's space shuttle program announced his resignation Wednesday, saying he had decided to leave the post before the Feb. 1 Columbia tragedy. Ronald Dittemore, who spent more than four ...
Flightglobal

NASA 'returns to research and development' in 2003

NASA is endeavouring to return to its roots as a research and development (R&D) agency with its 2003 budget request, which shifts substantial funds from manned spaceflight operations to aerospace ...
SpaceRef

Presolicitation Notice: NASA 2003 Small Business Innovation Research Program Solicitation

The NASA SBIR program is conducted under the authority of the Small Business Innovation Research Program Reauthorization Act of 2000. It is designed to provide small businesses with opportunities to ...
UPI

NASA publishes atlas of 13.3M wildfires spotted from space since 2003

Aug. 8 (UPI) --NASA scientists have produced a global wildfire map. Researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center plotted the 13.3 million fires spotted by NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging ...