INSIGHT LANDS SAFELY ON MARS

Teams in mission control rooms at NASA-funded Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California and its contractor Lockheed Martin in Colorado erupted in applause on Monday as InSight became the eighth lander to reach the surface of Mars undamaged. Viewers online watched a livestream of their moment of victory as controllers at NASA’s JPL shared the first image of InSight’s landing zone

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AFTER SOYUZ ACCIDENT, NASA WEIGHS JANUARY AS DEADLINE FOR BRINGING STATION CREW HOME

NASA and its space station partners face a conundrum of timing after Thursday’s Soyuz rocket accident, which miraculously left the crew of a cosmonaut and an astronaut in shape to walk away and hug loved ones. Their capsule, which smacked into the Kazakhstan desert, was supposed to dock at the station to deliver crew members and serve as the orbiting

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FAA REAUTHORIZATION WOULD GRANT AGENCY ADDITIONAL DRONE AUTHORITY

The FAA authorization bill that is headed for President Donald Trump’s desk is drawing mixed reactions from the drone community because of language that gives the agency the power to set rules that permit federal authorities to “disrupt” or “destroy” any drones deemed a “credible threat,” as the bill puts it. Full story by Tom Risen is online at Aerospace America.

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BRIDENSTINE UNSURE ABOUT CHARGING FOR NASA LOGO, RAISING EXPERIMENT FEES

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, who is looking for innovative ways to fund the agency’s goals of landing Americans on the moon and Mars, expressed reservations about the idea of generating revenue through space station experiments and merchandising the agency’s logo on T-shirts and other products. The full story about the exchange between Bridenstine and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is online at Aerospace

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FORMER CHIEF OF U.S. SPACE COMMAND FAVORS RESTORING IT INSTEAD OF SPACE FORCE

Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Richard Myers generally likes the Trump administration’s proposal to revive U.S. Space Command, which he led from 1998 to 2000, as long as it adds value to space operations. “I think if there were a U.S. Space Command like there used to be it would obviate the need for a Space Force,” Myers told me in a phone interview. Full story by Tom Risen available on Aerospace America.

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