Alternative NASA missions

LOS ANGELES NASA said yesterday it will press ahead with plans to launch a supersized rover to Mars next year despite spiraling costs and schedule pressures. The decision to maintain the status quo - at least for now - came after the space agency's top managers met to discuss the progress of the...  

Nasa is pushing ahead with plans to launch its next Mars mission in 2009, but acknowledges that extra funds are required to make it happen.  

Neil Armstrong's famous quote about "one giant leap for mankind" has become synonymous with NASA, which turns 50 on Oct. 1.  

ITT Corp. said NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center awarded the company a $1.3 billion contract for telemetry and tracking for near-earth space missions.  

NASA said Friday it will press ahead with plans to launch a supersized rover to Mars next year despite spiraling costs and schedule pressures.  

NASA will push ahead with its plan for an October 2009 launch of the already over-budget Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) despite ongoing technical and schedule difficulties all but certain to push the cost of the mission past $2 billion.  

NASA needs more money to resolve problems with its next Mars mission and keep it on track for launch next year, and is gambling that the U.S. Congress will find the extra funds, officials said on Friday.  

US space agency NASA said Friday it still plans to launch an ambitious mission to Mars late next year despite technical hurdles and budget difficulties.  

NASA engineers are finalizing plans to resuscitate the ailing Hubble Space Telescope, which has been unable to beam home its trademark iconic images of the universe for weeks due to equipment failure.  

NASA Glenn Releases Results of NIOSH Findings Related to Health Concerns  

CLEVELAND -- A federal health agency has determined that two buildings at the NASA Glenn research center in Cleveland did not cause cancer among 65 past and present employees.  

NASA is releasing an updated version of the Work Force Transition Strategy Report, which was delivered to Congress on Wednesday. The report details the agency's plan to minimize job losses while transitioning from the Shuttle to Constellation.  

Wayne Hale's NASA Blog: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi  

Buried among the 451 pages of the bailout bill, alongside tax breaks for Puerto Rican rum producers and auto-racing tracks, were clauses that will have a major impact on the alternative energy sector -- and which could create buying opportunities for investors.  

NASA has selected ITT Corporation, Advanced Engineering and Sciences of Herndon, Va., to perform telemetry, tracking and command services for near-Earth missions under the Space Communications Network Services contract.