NASA Deputy Administrator's Blog
- October 2011
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Here is the list of entries for NASA Deputy Administrator's Blog based on the selected criteria.
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The Webb Telescope
Oct 26, 2011 08:53:51 PM | Lori Garver
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- On any given day at NASA, I might run into an astronaut or a Senator or maybe even a Nobel Prize winning scientist. This morning, I attended an event at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore which featured all of the above: a former Shuttle astronaut, a United States Senator and not one, but three Nobel Prize winners. But the star of the show was NASA’s Webb Telescope, now in development, which will be the successor to the Hubble Telescope and the most powerful space telescope ever built.
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Commercial Flight Development Creates American Jobs
Oct 21, 2011 09:27:44 AM | Lori Garver
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- Earlier today, I spoke with a group of women and men who are helping to write the next chapter in human space exploration, creating jobs and opening up endless possibilities for our economy. Innovators and entrepreneurs from around the nation came together this week at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in Las Cruces, New Mexico, to learn from each other and share ideas about how we can more effectively advance commercial spaceflight.
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A New Agreement for Commercial Launch Vehicles
Oct 14, 2011 01:31:24 PM | Lori Garver
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- This week, NASA signed an agreement with the US Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office to establish common criteria for certification of commercial providers of launch vehicles used for national security space and civil space missions.
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Next Generation of Scientists
Oct 13, 2011 05:26:48 PM | Lori Garver
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- Earlier today I had the honor of meeting four individuals who are helping NASA turn the dreams of today into the reality of tomorrow. They are winners of the 2010 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.
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