JWST's Top Astronomer to Planetary Scientists: Start Your Engines By Dan Leone published 13 November 15
NASA Eyes Sample-Return Capability for Post-2020 Mars Orbiter By Dan Leone published 9 October 15 NASA says the orbiter it aims to launch in the 2020s could carry the mechanisms needed to collect and store surface samples for a return trip to Earth.
NASA's Osiris-Rex Asteroid Mission Kickstarts Outreach Budget With Card Game By Dan Leone published 13 September 15 The head of NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample-return probe plans to crowdfund an outreach budget for the mission on Kickstarter by selling a card game."
NASA to Study Uranus, Neptune Orbiters By Dan Leone published 31 August 15 NASA began an early feasibility study for missions to the distant, mostly-ignored ice-giants Uranus and Neptune, a senior agency official said here Aug. 24.
NASA Orders 2 More Space Station Cargo Missions from Orbital ATK By Dan Leone published 20 August 15 NASA ordered two more cargo deliveries to the International Space Station from Orbital ATK under a 2008 Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract, a company spokeswoman said Aug. 12.
NASA Picks Finalists For Small Astrophysics Missions By Dan Leone published 3 August 15 NASA has selected three finalists for its next Small Explorer astrophysics mission and two finalists for the even smaller Explorer Missions of Opportunity Line, the U.S. space agency said July 30,
In NASA First, Cubesats Headed to Mars with InSight Lander By Dan Leone published 15 June 15 Two tiny cubesats, the first NASA plans to send to another planet, will keep watch on the agency’s InSight mission as it descends to the Martian surface.
Beachcomber Finds SpaceX Rocket Wreckage in Bahamas By Dan Leone published 9 June 15 Twitter user Kevin Eicrhelberger scored what will probably go down as the find of his beach-combing career: the briny wreckage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Venus Plane Pushed for Next NASA Next Frontiers Mission By Dan Leone published 12 May 15 An inflatable drone could cruise the sulfurous skies of Venus next decade if Northrop Gruman can sell NASA on the mission.
NASA Authorization Bill Advances on Party Lines By Dan Leone published 4 May 15 Sparks flew on Capitol Hill where a NASA authorization bill that recommends deep cuts for Earth science made it out of a sharply divided committee on a party line vote.
Scientists Finish Last-Ditch Plan to Save Infrared Spitzer Space Telescope By Dan Leone published 5 June 14 Researchers are ready to send NASA a last-ditch proposal to save the 11-year-old spacecraft.
SpaceX's SuperDraco Thruster for Manned Dragon Spacecraft Passes Big Test (Video) By Dan Leone published 29 May 14
Water Leaked Inside SpaceX Dragon Capsule After Splashdown, No Damage Found: NASA Official By Dan Leone published 23 May 14
SpaceX Formally Protests US Air Force's Rocket Launch Block Buy Contracts By Mike Gruss, Dan Leone published 25 April 14
NASA's $17.5 Billion Budget Request for 2015 Would Fund New Science Missions, Ground Flying Telescope By Dan Leone published 4 March 14
NASA Chief Treads Carefully on James Webb Space Telescope Budget By Dan Leone published 5 February 14
NASA Astronaut-Taxi Program Would Get Boost in 2014 Spending Bill By Dan Leone published 16 January 14
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab Still Open for Business During Government Shutdown By Dan Leone published 3 October 13 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory — which is run by California Institute of Technology employees, not federal civil servants — has temporarily dodged the government-shutdown bullet.
Upper Stage of New Falcon 9 Rocket Did Not Explode After Launch, SpaceX Says By Dan Leone published 1 October 13
Upgraded SpaceX Rocket's Launch Test Slips to End of September By Dan Leone published 17 September 13
Planetary Resources Raises $1.5M for Crowdfunded Space Telescope By Dan Leone published 14 July 13 Asteroid-mining hopeful Planetary Resources raised more than $1.5 million in 33 days to launch a small space telescope into low Earth orbit in 2015.
