Topic: Norman Augustine

Future NASA rocket unveiled, designed to reach moon and beyond

The design of the new NASA rocket draws on key systems from the space shuttle and Ares programs. The agency anticipates launching the first demonstration version of the rocket by 2017.

US losing its technological edge? No!

There's plenty of room for improvement. But contrary to the rhetoric, the US has plenty of technical workers and American students have not slipped in science, math over the past 15 years, studies show.

US college degrees: Still the best among world's top universities?

A US college degree has been the gold standard. But global economics and a crisis of confidence may be pushing the US down in rankings among top universities.

First, last men on moon to testify before Senate

Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, and Eugene Cernan, the last, will testify before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Wednesday, to discuss the future of NASA.

Obama NASA plan: Mars shot as next generation's Apollo mission

According to President Obama, NASA needs a goal beyond the space station and the moon for human spaceflight to inspire the nation as the Apollo mission did. He has chosen Mars.

Despite uproar, Obama holds firm on NASA space exploration plans

Lawmakers and former astronauts have lambasted President Obama for scrapping a moon mission. Thursday, Obama will defend his vision for NASA space exploration through human spaceflight.

NASA's Ares 1-X launch: 'How cool was this?'

NASA's test flight of its successor to the space shuttle, the Ares 1-X rocket, went off without a hitch Wednesday. The buzzword among mission managers: triboelectrification.

NASA's Ares 1-X rocket is looking good for Tuesday launch

But will NASA's Ares 1-X wind up leading to a rocket with no place to go?

Congress in hot seat over human spaceflight

It'll cost an extra $3 billion a year to keep a viable program aloft, a review panel says.

Options narrow for future of human spaceflight

A panel moves closer to recommending where NASA should fly next, and how.

Mars by 2030? Nope. Moon by 2020? Unlikely.

NASA denies new space program is too risky, pricey

Engineers designing NASA's next moon rocket defended their work to a committee appointed by President Barack Obama.

Forty years after Apollo 11: three lessons for spaceflight

The space program can benefit from public support, but government leadership is key.

Apollo 11 at 40: Restored video helps savor the accomplishment

Is Bolden right for NASA?

Atop new NASA leader's agenda: human spaceflight

The Constellation program is gearing up as the shuttle winds down. But other shuttle replacements have been scuttled before.