The historic tendency of NASA to compete against the private sector and the Department of Defense's preference for the traditional military industrial complex has discouraged many new space launch ventures.

Aghast, NASA executives gave in and allowed the name Molly Brown, but did not use it in any official references.

Unfortunately, NASA didn't publish any picture of Amalthea during this famous flyby on November 5, 2002, and the resolution ( number of pixels ) of the released Jovian satellite pictures is generally low.

Generally, NASA defines " high " hypersonic as any Mach number from 10 to 25, and re-entry speeds as anything greater than Mach 25.

Lockheed Martin chose to not continue the VentureStar program without any funding support from NASA.

In any case, NASA sent an unmanned Surveyor to analyze the conditions on the surface of the Moon.

For several years running this happened, and then eventually it fizzled permanently, and I've not tried to get any money out of NASA since.

In October 1969, Konstantin Feoktistov and Georgi Beregovoi traveled as guests of NASA throughout the US, visiting any city they chose and the Disney Park in California-they were joined on the trip by US Astronauts as hosts, to include Eugene Cernan, Neil Armstrong and others.

In October 1969, Konstantin Feoktistov and Georgi Beregovoi traveled as guests of NASA throughout the US, visiting any city they chose and the Disney Park in California-they were joined on the trip by US Astronauts as hosts, to include Eugene Cernan, Neil Armstrong and others.

From the earliest days of the Space Shuttle missions, NASA has turned to NORAD's database to constantly monitor the orbital path in front of the Shuttle to find and avoid any known debris.

This initial work will be required to support any launch vehicle operated from Launch Complex 39 and will allow NASA to begin modernizing the facilities, while vehicle specific requirements are being developed.

Young enjoyed the longest career of any astronaut, making six spaceflights over the course of 42 years of active NASA service, becoming the first person to make six spaceflights ; and is the only person to have piloted four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo Command / Service Module, the Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle.

In October, 2011, prosecutors and Mitchell reached a settlement agreement, under which Mitchell gave up any claims to the camera and agreed to return it to NASA, which in turn would donate it for display at the National Air and Space Museum.

According to NASA, the hardware was very poorly designed, and failed to complete any acceptance tests at AMES.

Given that NASA and USAF ( as well as government programs in other countries ) are the primary customers and sources of development capital, government regulatory requirements for oversight, parwork, quality, safety, and other documentation tend to inflate the operational costs of any such system.

Neither of the crew encountered any problems, however, contrary to NASA doctors ' concerns about their landing upright — as opposed to on their backs, as in Mercury — after four days in space.

The prime crew had been exposed to German Measles ( the rubella virus ) and, because Mattingly alone had no immunity to the disease, NASA did not want to risk his falling ill during any critical phases of the flight.

In the 2011 United States federal budget, Wolf inserted a clause prohibiting NASA and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from any joint scientific activity with China for the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year.

The $ 325 million NASA award is more than six times larger than any other single research grant in University of Arizona history.

The NASA World Wind project allows 3D images from Landsat 7 and other sources to be freely navigated and viewed from any angle.

The SLS-1 mission flew over 3. 2 million miles in 146 orbits and its crew completed over 18 experiments in nine days, bringing back more medical data than any previous NASA flight.

The SLS-1 mission flew over 3. 2 million miles in 146 orbits and its crew completed over 18 experiments during a 9-day period, bringing back more medical data than any previous NASA flight.

During the 1990s funding for space related programs fell sharply as the remaining structures of the Soviet Union disintegrated and NASA no longer had any direct competition.

Working against them was the fact that neither the Army nor NASA had any in-writing requirement for the booster at that time.

According to then-NASA chief Sean O ' Keefe, that spending bill “ was as strong an endorsement of the space exploration vision, as any of us could have imagined .” In 2005, Congress passed S. 1281, the NASA Authorization Act of 2005, which explicitly endorses the Vision.

A similar mission is currently under discussion as the US component of a joint NASA / ESA program for the exploration of Europa and Ganymede.

On October 15, 2008, President Bush signed the NASA Authorization Act of 2008, giving NASA funding for one additional mission to " deliver science experiments to the station.

In 1979, Presidential Directive 54 under President of the United States Jimmy Carter transferred Landsat operations from NASA to NOAA, recommended development of long term operational system with four additional satellites beyond Landsat 3, and recommended transition to private sector operation of Landsat.

In August 2009, the NASA assistant associate administrator for the Launch Services Program stated that NASA might purchase additional Delta II launches beyond those it had planned at that time.

President Obama's response to critics is that the lifetime for the International Space Station would be extended by an additional five years and an additional billion would be paid to private companies for shuttling astronauts to and from it after the Space Shuttle program ends while NASA develops new technology for future space exploration missions.

This caused additional interest in this meteorite, so in 2006, NASA managed to obtain an additional and larger sample from the London Natural History Museum.

Thagard resumed his academic studies in 1971, pursuing additional studies in electrical engineering, and a degree in medicine ; prior to coming to NASA, he was interning in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Garriott has received the following honors: National Science Foundation Fellowship, 1960 – 61 ; Honorary Doctorate of Science, Phillips University ( Enid, Okla .), 1973 ; NASA Distinguished Service Medal, 1973 ; Collier Trophy for 1973 ; Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, Komarov Diploma for 1973 ; Goddard Memorial Trophy for 1975 ; NASA Space Flight Medal, 1983 ; and additional awards related to his space flights, including the Oklahoma Hall of Fame ( 1980 ), Oklahoma Air and Space Hall of Fame ( 1980 ), the Astronaut Hall of Fame ( 1997 ), the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame ( 2000 ) and Enid Public Schools Hall of Fame ( 2001 ).

As a result, NASA decided on 27 July 2005 to postpone future shuttle flights pending additional modifications to the flight hardware.

To this point, the project had encompassed spending of just under $ 112 million: $ 85. 7M from the original contract with designer Orbital Sciences, $ 16M from NASA and various government agencies for testing, and an additional $ 10M for Orbital Sciences to adapt its L-1011 carrier to accommodate the X-34.

Since leaving NASA, Gordon has served as Executive Vice President of the New Orleans Saints Professional Football Club in the National Football League ( 1972 – 76 ); was General Manager of Energy Developers, Limited ( EDL ), a Texas Partnership involved in a joint venture with Rocket Research Corporation for the development of a liquid chemical explosive for use in the oil and gas industry ( 1977 ); President of Resolution Engineering and Development Company ( REDCO ) which provided design and operational requirements for wild oil well control and fire fighting equipment onboard large semi-submersible utility vessels ( 1978 ); following REDCO merger with Amarco Resources, Gordon assumed the additional duties of Vice President of Marketing, Westdale, an oil well servicing subsidiary of AMARCO operating in North Central Texas and Oklahoma, and also served as Vice President for Operations, Texas Division ( 1980 ); served as Director, Scott Science and Technology, Inc., Los Angeles Division ( 1981 – 1983 ).

The NASA funds are intended to accelerate development of a manned orbital spacecraft ( Space Vehicle ) and launch escape technology which can be used for New Shepard and the Space Vehicle, with substantial additional development funding expected to be provided by Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos. The funds will also be used to accelerate the development and testing of the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen engine for the Reusable Booster System which will be used in a later phase to launch the Space Vehicle to orbit ( the first flights of the Space Vehicle will use the Atlas V rocket ).

Low resolution Blue Marble datasets are included with the initial download ; as a user zooms in to certain areas, additional high resolution data is downloaded from the NASA servers.

For additional information on the origins of Saturn, see John L. Sloop, Liquid Hydrogen as a Propulsion Fuel, 1945-1959, NASA SP-4404, in press, chap.

In 1980, inspired by a 1979 " New Directions Workshop " held at Wood's Hole, NASA conducted a joint summer study with ASEE entitled Advanced Automation for Space Missions to produce a detailed proposal for self-replicating factories to develop lunar resources without requiring additional launches or human workers on-site.

In 1998, the Governor of Ohio, George Voinovich, gave I-480 the additional name of the " Senator John Glenn Highway ", in honor of the former NASA astronaut and a U. S. Senator from Ohio for 24 years.

NASA scientists are considering reusing the probe to observe additional comets in 2017 or 2018.

Since the original six in 1996, DDR & E has designated an additional seven DoD UARCs to bring the total to thirteen, while NASA has designated one.

In the event, SpaceDev was not selected for award under COTS, but did sign a non-reimburseable Space Act Agreement to facilitate additional exchange of non-cash project milestones with NASA.