Amy Klamper
Amy Klamper is a space reporter and former staff writer for the space industry news publication SpaceNews. From 2004 to 2010, Amy covered U.S. space policy, NASA and space industry professionals for SpaceNews. Her stories included profiles on major players in the space industry, space policy work in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, as well as national policy set by the White House.
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NASA won't get the $1 billion budget boost civil space advocates had hoped to see when President Barack Obama sends his 2011 spending proposal to Congress Feb. 1, sources say.

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NASA safety advisory panel is warning the space agency against abandoning its Ares I rocket as President Obama mulls the future of U.S. spaceflight.

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Alliant Techsystems (ATK) performed a successful ground test Dec. 14 of a full-scale attitude control motor for the launch abort system of NASA’s planned Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle

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House and Senate negotiators reached agreement this week on a 2010 omnibus spending bill that includes provision to protect NASA's moon program.

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NASA spent roughly $570 million of its $1 billion in stimulus funds, with nearly half of those dollars going toward its embattled Constellation program.

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NASA's new asteroid-hunting spacecraft will roll out to the pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Nov. 20 in preparation for launch.

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SpaceX announced plans Thursday to launch a Dragon spaceship prototype atop its first Falcon 9 rocket.

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A White House panel tasked with reviewing NASA’s human spaceflight program delivered a 12-page summary of its findings Tuesday.

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U.S. President Barack Obama is not expected to significantly boost the projected funding profile for NASA’s manned spaceflight program in the next few years.

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A stripped down version of NASA's future spaceship could be ready as soon as 2013, according to Bigelow Aerospace, which proposed to build it.

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The chairman of the review committee evaluating NASA's human spaceflight plans discusses its options.

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NASA's new chief brings new feelings to the space agency and said it cannot survive its current path.

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The nominees for NASA's top two posts have promised a more relevant space agency if they are confirmed.
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