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Managing Editor NASA needs to do a better job of storing and managing hazardous materials at its field centers to prevent accident and injuries, according to a new audit by the space agency’s Office of Inspector General. “We found that hazardous materials are not managed uniformly across the Agency, the Centers we visited did not consistently implement adequate controls, and employees and contractors at times circumvented existing controls to acquire hazardous materials,” the audit said. Auditors reviewed hazardous materials practices at four field facilities: Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.; Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas; Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.; and Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Miss. They discovered problems at each location. ....
Spoiler Alert: they came up a little short.) SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts in the Crew Dragon capsule after reaching orbit. (Credit: NASA webcast) 2020 Objectives: fly astronauts aboard Crew Dragon on the Demo-2 flight test to the International Space Station (ISS) and return them safely to Earth; begin commercial flights with the Crew-1 mission. Result: Success SpaceX broke a nearly nine-year drought of crewed orbital launches from U.S. soil by sending Demo-2 astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the space station on May 30. They returned to Earth on Aug. 2 after nearly 64 days in space. On Nov. 15, a Falcon 9 launched the Crew-1 commercial mission to ISS. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker were aboard along with Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi. The mission will last six months. ....
Mojave Air and Space Port (Credit: Douglas Messier) The Mojave Air and Space Port’s Board of Directors has appointed former board member David Evans as interim CEO to replace Karina Drees. Evans will serve in the post under a consulting contract while the board searches for a permanent replacement for Drees, who is leaving the position on Jan. 4. Evans resigned from the board in October after serving for more than six years. He was originally appointed to the board in April 2014 to replace Dick Rutan, who resigned to pursue a business opportunity. Evans is a certified public accountant and principal in Evans & Company, Inc., of California City. He is a commercial pilot and licensed flight instructor. ....
Managing Editor Although the United Kingdom’s (UK) “Brexit” departure from the European Union (EU) on Jan. 1 will not affect its membership status in the European Space Agency (ESA), the nation’s participation in a number of European space programs is either ending or being curtailed. On Christmas Eve, the UK and EU announced an agreement in principle that will govern trade, security and political relations after Brexit. Under the agreement, the UK’s participation in the: Galileo satellite navigation and European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) program will end; Copernicus Earth observation satellite program will continue, contingent upon a further agreement to be worked out next year; and ....
NASA’s Office of Inspector General terminates audit of Artemis program with words of obviousness by Douglas Messier Managing Editor NASA’s Office of Inspector General (IG) has determined that the biggest problem the space agency faces in its Artemis lunar program is….wait for it….money. “Based upon our audit work completed to date, we found that the most significant challenge NASA currently faces in returning humans to the Moon by 2024 is budget uncertainty, a challenge that could ultimately affect the Agency’s ability to safely accomplish the mission,” the IG said in a memorandum published on its website. ....