Tag: Charlie Bolden
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Former NASA Administrators urge space agency to rethink plans for Artemis Moon lander
Mike French (left) hosted a fireside chat with former NASA administrators Jim Bridenstine (center) and Charles Bolden (right) at the 2025 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama. Image: American Astronautical Society via livestream Two former NASA Administrators called on the space agency to rethink its plans to land astronauts on the Moon using…
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One year after Antares failure, Orbital ATK nears return to flight
Orbital’s Antares rocket suffers a failure moments after liftoff Oct. 28, 2014, from Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky A year after a launch mishap left Orbital ATK’s Cygnus supply ship without a ride to the International Space Station, company officials say the firm’s cargo delivery system is on the verge of a comeback, thanks…
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Kelly settling in aboard space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION The six-person Expedition 43 crew settles in after the arrival of Scott Kelly, Gennady Padalka and Scott Kelly on Friday. The photo was posted on Twitter by Expedition 43 commander Terry Virts. Credit: NASA/Terry Virts Astronaut Scott Kelly, settling in aboard the International Space Station for…
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NASA presses Congress for more commercial crew funding
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden speaks to reporters during a Jan. 26 press conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz The Obama administration has requested more than $1.2 billion from congressional appropriators next year to meet NASA’s funding commitments for Boeing and SpaceX’s commercial crew ferry spacecraft, and anything less could delay…
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NASA outlines FY 2016 budget request
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden delivers remarks at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA/Gianni Woods The Obama administration’s fiscal 2016 budget includes $18.5 billion for NASA — a half-billion-dollar increase — that continues development of a new mega-rocket and capsule for deep space exploration and significantly boosts…
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Boeing, SpaceX on track for commercial crew flights to station in 2017
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo of the International Space Station as seen by a space shuttle crew in 2010. Credit: NASA NASA expects to spend some $5 billion underwriting development of commercial spacecraft built by Boeing and SpaceX to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station, officials…
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NASA hopes to replace cargo lost on Antares failure this year
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft arrives at the International Space Station on Jan. 12 with 2.6 tons of supplies. Credit: NASA NASA officials say the International Space Station’s logistics chain was designed to absorb a launch failure like the mishap that destroyed an Orbital Sciences Corp. cargo craft in October, but pressure is on SpaceX to deliver…
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NASA gets budget hike in spending bill passed by Congress
Artist’s concept of SpaceX’s Dragon V2 crew capsule, one of two commercial vehicles contracted by NASA to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX NASA will receive $18 billion in the federal government’s 2015 budget passed by the U.S. Senate on Saturday, winning nearly all the funds the agency says it…
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NASA Administrator speaks about Orion test flight
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden speaks to Spaceflight Now’s Stephen Clark about the upcoming test flight of the Orion space capsule on the EFT-1 mission.