http://www.viasatellite.com Satellite Today en-us 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:49:30 EST NASA Administrator Mike Griffin is awaiting two studies probing how to shrink the yawning half-decade gap when NASA won't be able to take even one astronaut to low Earth orbit. That gap, as matters now stand, is to run from the 2010 retirement of the space shuttle fleet ordered by President Bush, to the... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/nasa/25898.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST A major piece of hardware for the Ares 1-X rocket arrived at Kennedy Space Center last week. Ares, the rocket that someday will power Orion space capsule flights, is being developed by several contractors. Ares 1-X will launch in a test set for July. As for that hardware, it is called the forward skirt. It... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/nasa/25903.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Leaders of small businesses received extensive tips from NASA prime-contractor officials on how to become subcontractors, during a two-day symposium at a Washington hotel. The tips included common-sense guidance, such as jumping to answer the phone if a prime contractor calls with a question. Don't expect to... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/nasa/25904.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Space Shuttle Endeavour thundered to the heavens and docked with the International Space Station to begin a major makeover of the orbiting laboratory. While the blazing, on-time launch at 7:55 p.m. ET Friday was a nighttime liftoff, it nonetheless was a lit launch -- moon-lit, that is, with a full-sized orb... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/nasa/25908.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Updated -- November 14, 2008 - 9:10 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Nov. 14 Mission: STS-126 Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A Launch Time: 7:55 p.m. EST Landing Date: Nov. 29... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/nasa/25912.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Full House Authorization Committee Overseeing NASA Has Stable Leadership, But Major Shakeup Hits Subcommittee NASA Faces New Top Appropriators In Both Senate, House Next Year In the wake of elections last week, potential changes in the committees that oversee authorizations and appropriations for NASA are... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/nasa/25704.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST NASA Sees Only 65 Percent Chance Orion-Ares Will Fly In March 2015; CBO Says Costs Might Exceed Plans By As Much As $7 Billion Over NASA Budgets Chances Of Retiring Shuttles By October 2010 Seen At 20-60 Percent; Lunar Mission May Not Launch In 2020 As Scheduled, CBO States There is only a 65 percent... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/nasa/25708.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Space Shuttle Endeavour is poised on Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center to lift off at 7:55 p.m. ET Friday for the STS-126 Mission to the International Space Station. While many shuttle missions thus far have involved hauling huge structural components or entire rooms into space, to be attached to the... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/nasa/25713.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Updated -- November 4, 2008 - 2:40 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Nov. 14 Mission: STS-126 Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A Launch Time: 7:55 p.m. EST Landing Date: Nov. 29... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/nasa/25716.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST NASA Gives Lockheed $667.3 Million To $977 Million Contract NASA gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $667.3 million to $977 million contract affecting hardware and other items needed for human spaceflight missions, with work centered at Johnson Space Center. The contract base period begins Jan. 1 and... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/nasa/25717.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST