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Todd May Appointed Marshall Space Flight Center Director

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, February 1, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden named Todd May as the director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. May was appointed Marshall deputy director in August 2015 and has been serving as acting director since the Nov. 13, 2015 retirement of Patrick Scheuermann. Bolden … Continued
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February 2, 2016

NASA Reveals Plan To Take Man to Mars

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, October 9 NASA released a detailed outline of their plan to take the U.S. and mankind to the planet Mars.  The new report is titled, “NASA’s Journey to Mars: Pioneering Next Steps in Space Exploration.” NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a statement, “NASA is closer to … Continued
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October 8, 2015

NASA Completes Engine Testing for SLS

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, August 27 the RS-25 engine fired up for a 535-second test at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. This was the final in a series of seven tests for the development engine, which will provide NASA engineers critical data on the engine controller … Continued
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August 31, 2015

Brooks Congratulates NASA on Successful Flight to Pluto

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, July, 14 NASA’s New Horizons flight controllers received confirmation from the spacecraft that it had successfully completed the flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto. US Representative Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) released a statement congratulating the team at NASA for the historic accomplishment, Congressman Mo Brooks said in … Continued
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July 16, 2015

SpaceX Rocket Crashes

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter On Monday, June 29 NASA Administrator Charles Bolden issued a statement on the loss Sunday of the SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services 7 (CRS-7) mission. Administrator Bolden said, “We are disappointed in the loss of the latest SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. However, the astronauts are safe … Continued
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June 30, 2015

Space Launch System Passes Review

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter NASA announced on Wednesday, August 27, that the Space Launch System (SLS) has passed a formal review by NASA officials and the program’s progression from formulation to development has been approved to proceed. The SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built for deep space missions. NASA plans … Continued
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August 28, 2014

Shelby Says that NASA Budget Shows Lack of Commitment

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, May 1st, Senator Richard Shelby (R) from Alabama spoke critically of NASA’s 2015 budget request. Sen. Shelby said, “While the Space Launch System (SLS) is subject to strict and necessary oversight, severe budget cuts will ensure delays and unnecessary cost growth.  At the same time, NASA has … Continued
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May 5, 2014