July 2003 Space News |
- Transcript: Press Conference on the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program 24 Jul 2003 -- "We're here today to have a report on the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle. We have the undersecretary of the Air Force, Peter B. Teets, who will make an opening statement and then take your questions. We are on the record today. And I would just ask that you limit your questions to the subject at hand, which is the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle. Following the Q&A, we will have some fact sheets and some B roll, for those of you in the electronic media, and that will help with some of the details on what we're going to talk about today."
- SHUTTLE DISASTER / RECORDINGS VOA 22 Jul 2003 -- Newly-released documents reaffirm that U-S space agency officials placed little importance on a flight incident that ultimately doomed the shuttle Columbia. The U-S space agency NASA has issued recordings and transcripts of meetings that mission managers held during Columbia's flight. The documents show how unconcerned the officials were about the potential for catastrophic damage caused by hard insulating foam that smashed into Columbia's wing during liftoff.
- Theft Trade Secrets Investigation Leads to Indictment 18 Jul 2003 -- Joseph E. Schmitz, Department of Defense inspector general, today announced that a joint investigation by the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI) resulted in a criminal indictment against two former Boeing Co. managers. The two, who were managers in the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, were charged with conspiracy to conceal and possess trade secrets by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles.
- NASA to Create Independent Safety Center VOA News 16 Jul 2003 -- The U.S. space agency NASA says it will create an independent office to review the safety of its programs, including the space shuttle. The announcement follows the loss of the shuttle Columbia in February and criticism of NASA management by investigators probing the disaster.
- President of Ukraine signs Decree on measures to ensure realization of Ukrainian-Brazilian project of creating space rocket complex "Cyclone - 4" 15.07.03 - President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma signed the Decree "On Measures to Ensure Realization of the Ukrainian-Brazilian Project of Creating the Space Rocket Complex "Cyclone - 4".
- NASA / SAFETY VOA 16 Jul 2003 -- The U-S space agency NASA says it will create an independent office to review the safety of its programs, including the space shuttle. The announcement follows the loss of the shuttle Columbia in February and criticism of NASA management by investigators probing the disaster.
- SPACE DIGEST VOA 15 Jul 2003 -- Launch of second Mars rover; Robonaut; Microbes on the Space Station; Explorer Schools Program
- OLDEST KNOWN PLANET VOA 10 Jul 2003 -- U-S and Canadian astronomers have discovered the oldest known planet orbiting two stars in the constellation Scorpius. It is very different from Earth and its sisters circling our sun and hints of a new and possibly abundant class of planets out there.
- SHUTTLE PROBE VOA 08 Jul 2003 -- U-S investigators have strong new evidence that a piece of space shuttle debris caused the disintegration of the shuttle Columbia in February. A ground test has found that a piece of hard foam can seriously damage a shuttle wing, despite the U-S space agency's early assertions to the contrary.
- Latest Test Confirms Cause of Space Shuttle Destruction VOA News 08 Jul 2003 -- U.S. investigators have strong new evidence that a piece of space shuttle debris caused the disintegration of the shuttle Columbia in February. A ground test has found that a piece of hard foam can seriously damage a shuttle wing, despite the U.S. space agency's early assertions to the contrary.
- Spaceship Opportunity Headed for Mars VOA News 08 Jul 2003 -- Another U.S. spacecraft is heading for Mars. A spaceship named Opportunity took off from Kennedy Space Center Florida after more than a week's delay because of bad weather and technical problems with the launch rocket. It is the second of two identical craft that are to land on the Red Planet to determine if life could have existed there. The first of the pair, called Spirit, left Earth one month ago.
- MARS/LAUNCH VOA 07 Jul 2003 -- Another U-S spacecraft is heading for Mars. A spaceship named Opportunity took off from Kennedy Space Center Florida after more than a week's delay because of bad weather and technical problems with the launch rocket. It is the second of two identical craft that are to land on the Red Planet to determine if life could have existed there. The first of the pair, called Spirit, left Earth one month ago.
- Scientists Discover Planetary System Similar to Ours Washington File 05 Jul 2003 -- An international team of scientists has discovered a planetary system consisting of a star similar to the Sun that is orbited by a gas-giant planet larger but very similar to the planet Jupiter, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced on July 3.
- World: Will Men Ever Go To Mars? RFE/L 02 Jul 2003 -- The United States is sending two robotic probes to Mars to study the planet's surface. But whatever happened to a manned mission to the Red Planet, an idea that seemed almost a certainty a generation ago?
- SHUTTLE PROBE VOA 01 Jul 2003 -- U-S space shuttle accident investigators are calling on the space agency NASA to take better pictures of shuttles during future launches. They say they would like to have had better images of the incident they believe doomed the shuttle Columbia during its liftoff in January.
- Shuttle Accident Investigators Recommend Better Launch Pictures VOA News 01 Jul 2003 -- U.S. space shuttle accident investigators are calling on the space agency NASA to take better pictures of shuttles during future launches. They say they would like to have had better images of the incident they believe doomed the shuttle Columbia during its liftoff in January.
