Tag: NASA

NASA announces ‘mother lode’ of new planets: 715

Seth Borenstein · February 26, 2014 11:02 pm

Expired contracts backlog costing NASA millions, IG says

Lejla Sarcevic · February 19, 2014 5:00 am

In this photo provided by NASA, the Cygnus supply ship is released from the International Space Station on Tuesday. (AP Photo/NASA)

Supply ship departs space station after 5 weeks

Marcia Dunn · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

NASA runs into issues with a $2.5 billion IT contact, agency’s IG finds

Kelly Cohen · February 6, 2014 5:00 am

This artist rendering released by NASA shows the NASA rover Opportunity on the surface of Mars. Opportunity landed on the red planet on Jan. 24, 2004 and is still exploring. Its twin Spirit stopped communicating in 2010. (AP Photo/NASA)

Opportunity still roving on Mars after a decade

Washington Examiner · January 23, 2014 7:08 pm

In this image from video provided by NASA the Cygnus spacecraft resupply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. (AP/NASA)

Christmas delivery finally for space station

Marcia Dunn · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Since the end of the Space Shuttle program, NASA has done little to inspire Americans. (Getty images File)

Examiner Editorial: Put NASA back into manned spaceflight

Washington Examiner · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

This image provided by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center shows an artists rendering on how a gamma ray burst occurs with a massive star collapsing and creating a black hole and beaming out focused and deadly light and radiation bursts. Astronomers and space telescopes in April 2013 saw the biggest and brightest cosmic explosion ever witnessed, a large gamma ray burst. (AP Photo/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

‘Monster’ cosmic blast zipped harmlessly by Earth

Seth Borenstein · November 21, 2013 9:12 pm

NASA's Office of the Inspector General noted a concept at the agency known as the "Hubble philosophy" -- that as long as a project works, NASA will overlook time and budget overages. (AP Photo/NASA)

Complex math stumps NASA, wastes millions on incorrect contractor payments

Michal Conger · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

WIRED: Cassini vs. Curiosity: Who Will Suffer the Space Budget Axe?

Washington Examiner · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

A U.K. hacker stole "massive amounts" of confidential data from the U.S. Army and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, including service members' personal information, the U.S. said. (Photo: Thinkstock)

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Hacker charged with theft from Army, defense agency

Bloomberg_News · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

This artist's rendering provided by World View Enterprises on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 shows their design for a capsule lifted by a high-altitude balloon up 19 miles into the air for tourists. Company CEO Jane Poynter said people would pay $75,000 to spend a couple hours looking down at the curve of the Earth. (AP Photo/World View Enterprises)

A new idea for space tourism: Balloon over rocket

Seth Borenstein · October 22, 2013 10:59 pm