Jason Rhian

How does NASA Handle Delivering Tragic News?

[/caption] Over the past decade, events have transpired on the ground that have both indirectly and directly impacted crews on…

14 years ago

STS-133 Astronaut Breaks Hip in Bicycle Accident

[/caption] The crew of STS-133 has had to cope with the numerous technical issues and delays for their mission, related…

14 years ago

NASA Says it Cannot Produce Heavy-Lift Rocket on Time, Budget

[/caption] NASA has sent Congress a report stating that it cannot meet the requirements that it produce a heavy-lift rocket…

14 years ago

NASA announces launch dates, backup commander

[/caption] In the wake of the tragedy that took place last week in Tucson, Arizona, NASA has announced that astronaut…

14 years ago

Discovery Gets New Launch Date and Good Bill of Health

NASA managers held a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Jan. 11, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) located…

14 years ago

Can China enter the international space family?

[/caption] It has often been called a ‘100 billion boondoggle’ - yet it is also unquestionably one of the most…

14 years ago

Shuttle Discovery’s Crack Woes Deepen

[/caption] Discovery’s woes deepened this week with NASA engineers finding even more cracks in the orbiter’s external tank. The first…

14 years ago

Numerous Companies Propose Possible ‘Space Taxis’

[/caption] Once, the field had only had few entries, but now there are several companies vying to send American astronauts…

14 years ago

SpaceX Looking to Launch Next Dragon Spacecraft – to the ISS

[/caption] With the success of the first and second launches of the Falcon 9 rocket as well as the successful…

14 years ago

SpaceX successfully launches Falcon 9 carrying Dragon spacecraft

CAPE CANAVERAL – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) launched the first Falcon 9/Dragon demonstration flight for NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services…

14 years ago