No longer able to accomplish what was accomplished forty years ago when the country was predominantly White. “The president’s budget, officially sent to Congress Monday morning, confirms what officials had stated during a teleconference with reporters one day before: White House Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag and White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer stated... 

NASA Astronomer indicted as possible Israel spy Imagine if this was an Iranian spy! Bombs would be dropping on Iran… New documents presented in federal court in Washington, D.C. reveal deep ties (more than was known) between Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Dr. Stewart David Nozette, an American astronomer accused of spying for Israel. The media here covered his arrest on October 19, 2009... 

Computer Animated Asteroid Russia’s space agency chief said Wednesday a spacecraft may be dispatched to knock a large asteroid off course and reduce the chances of earth impact, even though U.S. scientists say such a scenario is unlikely. Anatoly Perminov told Golos Rossii radio the space agency would hold a meeting soon to assess a mission to Apophis. He said his agency might eventually invite... 

The Saturn V carrying Apollo 11 lifts off from Cape Canaveral on July 16, 1969. Forty years ago Thursday, Apollo 11 blasted off on its 280,000-mile journey, fulfilling President Kennedy’s 1961 call to reach the moon by the end of the decade. To commemorate the anniversary, NASA released newly restored video footage of the Apollo 11 moon landings — but the fabled “lost” moon tapes... 

President Obama has chosen former astronaut Charles F. Bolden to head NASA. If confirmed by the Senate, Bolden would become the first African-American NASA administrator. Word of Obama’s choice came Saturday in statements from NASA and the White House. The president also tapped former NASA official Lori Garver, who headed Obama’s space transition team, to become deputy administrator. “These...