Coalition for Space Exploration Pauses to Reflect and Remember.
HOUSTON, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- "Today, the Coalition for Space Exploration joins NASA in observing a Day of Remembrance to reflect on the lives lost in the heroic endeavors of our space program. During this day of tribute, we honor those aboard Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia, as well as...

Coalition for Space Exploration Strongly Supports Full Senate Stimulus Funding for NASA.
HOUSTON, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent developments concerning the economic stimulus bill are cause for serious concern for NASA's funding needs. A vote in the Senate is imminent and the outcome for NASA is imperative. NASA needs robust funding and the agency was poised to receive $1.5 billion from...

Coalition for Space Exploration Announces 2009 Leadership.
HOUSTON, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Coalition for Space Exploration's (http://www.spacecoalition.com/) Public Affairs Team today officially announced its leadership for 2009. Dean Acosta of The Boeing Company and Joan Underwood of Lockheed Martin Corp. have been named the organization's new chairman and deputy chairperson, respectively. Both will serve a...

The Privatization of Space Exploration.
The Privatization of Space Exploration Lewis D. Solomon Transaction Books 300 McGaw Drive-Raritan Center, Edison, NJ 08837 9781412807593, $39.95, www.transactionpub.com 1-888-999-6778 THE PRIVATIZATION OF SPACE EXPLORATION: BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, LAW AND POLICY is a pick for any college-level collection strong...

Image Fortress Launches Online Archive of World's Space Exploration Imagery.
Website Commemorates 40th Anniversary of Historic Apollo 8 Mission WESTFORD, Mass., Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Image Fortress today announced that it has launched the International Space Archives, an online digital library (http://www.internationalspacearchives.com/) organizing the vast collections of still and video imagery produced by the manned and unmanned...

Out of this WORLD McMinnville museum opens a new building dedicated to space exploration.
Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard If you build it, the space shuttle will come. That's the hope at the Evergreen Aviation Museum, which is opening the doors to its new space museum on Friday, and will henceforth be known as the Evergreen Aviation & Space...

Soaring to NEW heights in space exploration.
Joan Higginbotham had her feet planted firmly on the ground. Then NASA called. They wanted to know if she was interested in becoming an astronaut. That's the sort of happenstance way that Higginbotham's career with NASA has gone from liftoff in the late 1980s until now, in which she...

Former NASA Administrator Michael Griffin National Space Trophy Winner.
HOUSTON, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) Foundation's National Board of Advisors has selected former NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin to receive its highest honor, the National Space Trophy. The award has been presented annually for the past 23 years to an individual...

Space traffic: what objects are circling Earth?
So much traffic is zipping around Earth's orbit. An orbit is a path a space object travels around another object. Scientists have to keep an eye on all that traffic to make sure it flows smoothly. So Many Satellites People have sent hundreds of satellites...

Adler, ComEd Challenge Students to Shoot for the Moon With Essay Contest.
Trip to Space Camp Up for Grabs for Winning Student, Teacher CHICAGO, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- ComEd and the Adler Planetarium today announced the Third Annual Shoot for the Moon essay contest. This year, high school students are asked to write an essay about a teacher who...