October 11, 2012
By Amy Hubbard
October 8, 2012, 12:29 p.m.
It was just a scoop of dirt, but NASA scientists applauded more loudly than they had since the Curiosity…
Continue reading Los Angeles Times: Just a Scoop of Dirt, but NASA’s Celebrating Big-Time
September 04, 2012
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/name-asteroid.html
WASHINGTON — Students worldwide have an opportunity to name an asteroid from which an upcoming NASA mission will return the first samples to Earth.
Scheduled to launch in 2016, the mission…
Continue reading NASA announces Asteroid Naming Contest for students
August 13, 2012
Mike Coats keeps a list of about two dozen programs NASA has started – and then canceled – since he commanded a pair of…
Continue reading Houston Chronicle: Congress mulls over space agency reboot
August 06, 2012
By Steve Gorman and Irene Klotz
PASADENA, California | Mon Aug 6, 2012 8:07am EDT
(Reuters) – NASA’s Mars science rover Curiosity performed a daredevil descent through pink Martian skies late on Sunday…
Continue reading NASA rover Curiosity makes historic Mars landing, beams back photos
July 16, 2012
SpaceRef.com
by Marc Boucher
On July 16th, 1969 Apollo 11 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center on its historic mission to the moon. Onboard were Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot…
June 01, 2012
By Keith Cowing
Space Ref
Posted May 31, 2012 4:30 PM
The Milky Way is destined to get a major makeover during the encounter, which is predicted to happen four billion years from now. It…
Continue reading Our Galaxy is Destined for a Head-on Collision
February 09, 2012
“You don’t cut spending for critical scientific research endeavors that have immeasurable benefit to the nation and inspire the human spirit of exploration we all have,” Rep. John Abney Culberson (R-Tex.) said.
Continue reading Obama’s budget would cut Mars program, solar system exploration
October 14, 2011
Forty-two members of Congress — led by Rep. Pete Olson, R-Sugar Land – are pressing NASA to take a second look at a controversial decision to hand over the retired…
September 30, 2011
WASHINGTON — Texas lawmakers Thursday renewed their fight to wrest the retired shuttle Enterprise from New York City and bring it to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
They contend NASA’s…
Continue reading San Antonio Express: Texas lawmakers fight for shuttle Enterprise
September 20, 2011
Written by: Reps. Gene Green, Al Green, John Culberson and Pete Olson.
With NASA’s recent announcement of plans to move forward with the development of the Space Launch System (SLS), America…
Continue reading Houston Chronicle: A new era of space exploration
September 14, 2011
Earlier today, I was pleased to learn NASA officials have selected the next vehicle that will propel American astronauts into the depths of space. Developing the new Space Launch System…
July 21, 2011
Early this morning, the final flight of our legendary shuttle program landed at the Kennedy Space Center. The touchdown ended a 13-day mission to the International Space Station and marks…
Continue reading Congressman Culberson’s Response on Atlantis Return
July 08, 2011
Moments ago, space shuttle orbiter Atlantis embarked on its final mission into space. This mission marks the final launch in the 30-year history of NASA’s shuttle program. The accomplishments of…
June 28, 2011
Space shuttle Atlantis’ Commander Chris Ferguson and his three crewmates are scheduled to begin a 12-day mission to the International Space Station with a launch at 11:26 a.m. EDT on July 8, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The STS-135 mission is the final flight of the Space Shuttle Program.
Continue reading NASA SETS LAUNCH DATE FOR FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION
June 14, 2011
Two Houston-area Republicans known as vigorous advocates for NASA’s Johnson Space Center are demanding that NASA administrator Charles Bolden comply with congressional instructions to build a post-shuttle spacecraft capable of…
Continue reading Houston Chronicle: Houston-area congressman ding NASA for delays
June 01, 2011
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour and its six-astronaut crew sailed home for the final time, ending a 16-day journey of more than 6.5 million miles with a landing…
Continue reading SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR SAILS TO HOME PORT FOR FINAL TIME
May 20, 2011
NASA SETS LAUNCH DATE FOR FINAL SHUTTLE FLIGHT
NASA’s final space shuttle flight is targeted to launch July 8 at about 11:40 a.m. EDT from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center…
Continue reading NASA SETS LAUNCH DATE FOR FINAL SHUTTLE FLIGHT
May 09, 2011
News Conference Scheduled for May 9
CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA managers have retargeted space shuttle Endeavour’s launch to no earlier than Monday, May 16. After a meeting on Friday, they also…
Continue reading SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR TO LAUNCH NO EARLIER THAN MAY 16
May 03, 2011
SUNDAY CONVERSATION
Moonwalker deplores loss of shuttle program
April 30, 2011
Houstonian Gene Cernan was the last man to walk on the moon, so he’s experienced the end of a NASA spaceflight program.…
Continue reading Houston Chronicle: Moonwalker deplores loss of shuttle program
April 25, 2011
By U.S. REPS. GENE GREEN and JOHN CULBERSON
Last week, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden perplexed and frustrated the people of Houston by announcing that we will not receive one of the…
Continue reading Houston Chronicle: Demanding answers on shuttle decision
April 20, 2011
NASA SETS LAUNCH DATE FOR SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR MISSION
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Commander Mark Kelly and his five crewmates are scheduled to begin a 14-day mission to the…
Continue reading NASA SETS LAUNCH DATE FOR SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR MISSION
April 12, 2011
The thought of an Orbiter not coming home to rest at Space Center Houston is truly tragic. It is analogous to Detroit without a Model-T, or Florence without a da Vinci.
March 30, 2011
November 29, 2010
NASA managers have targeted space shuttle Discovery’s launch for no earlier than Dec. 17. Shuttle managers determined more tests and analysis are needed before proceeding with the STS-133 mission.
As a…
Continue reading NASA Sets Shuttle Discovery’s Launch For No Earlier Than Dec. 17
October 18, 2010
WASHINGTON — A new NASA vision signed into law a week ago gives the agency four months or less to develop a dozen different plans for the future, including a detailed report on how it would replace the retiring space shuttle.
Continue reading Orlando Sentinel: Critics question Charlie Bolden’s focus on NASA’s new ‘vision’
October 18, 2010
Washington, DC – Congressman John Culberson (TX-07) and other Members of Congress sent the following letter to NASA Administrator Bolden requesting a full briefing on his trip to China…
October 12, 2010
Washington, DC – Congressman John Culberson (TX-07) sent the following letter to President Obama regarding NASA Administrator Bolden’s upcoming meeting with the China National Space Administration in Beijing:
Dear Mr. President:
I have…
September 30, 2010
Last night, after failing to pass a budget and refusing to take action on looming tax hikes, the Democrats decided it was time to get out of town. They’ll return…
September 30, 2010
WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday officially abandoned nearly 50 years of pursuing manned moon missions — the galvanizing symbol of space exploration – to lay down a new roadmap calling for NASA to catapult astronauts to distant asteroids and Mars.
Continue reading Chronicle: House OKs new course for manned spaceflight
September 30, 2010
The House of Representatives voted late Wednesday to accept the Senate’s version of NASA’s $19 billion fiscal 2011 budget proposal, which would provide money for an additional shuttle flight, kick-start…
Continue reading CBS News: All Systems Go for NASA’s $19 Billion Budget
August 27, 2010
HOUSTON — NASA Administrator Charles Bolden accepted the Spirit of Houston Award from the city’s Mayor Annise Parker on Thursday. The award was established in 2004 to honor Houstonians who motivated their fellow citizens with their everyday acts of leadership.
July 15, 2010
Reps. Gene Green (TX-29), Frank Wolf (VA-10), and John Culberson (TX-07) today expressed strong support for the Senate NASA authorization bill’s inclusion of funding for a NASA-owned heavy lift vehicle…
July 01, 2010
This week, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Science, Justice and Technology met to vote on legislation that would fund the related federal agencies for FY2011. As a member of this subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over NASA and the Department of Justice, I offered the following amendments during the meeting…
Continue reading Legislative Update: Recently Offered Amendments
June 14, 2010
Apollo astronaut Gene Cernan writes: “With the submission of his 2011 budget, Mr. Obama is either showing extreme naiveté or deliberately taking accountability for his calculated steps to dismantle America’s leadership in the world – “spread the wealth” internationally and turn our country into a second-class nation – economically, militarily, technologically, and politically. This ideology flows against the grain of over 200 years of our history and the will of all Americans.”
Continue reading NASA’s Human Spaceflight: “An Investment in the Future”
April 15, 2010
President’s plan is akin to privatizing the Navy and simply renting out the U.S.S. Harry S. Truman any time we needed to defend ourselves.
Continue reading NASA Must Not Delay America’s Manned Space Program
February 22, 2010
Washington, DC – Today Houston area Congressmen Kevin Brady, John Culberson, Michael McCaul, Ted Poe, and Pete Olson issued the following statement challenging Speaker Pelosi’s visit to the Port of Houston to tout stimulus jobs…
Continue reading Houston Congressmen Ask Pelosi: Are Jobs a Priority For You?
February 12, 2010
For the first time since John Glenn flew in 1962, the United States will have no access of its own for humans into space — and no prospect of getting there in the foreseeable future.
