Tag Archives: Space Launch System

The Government Accountability Office has found that NASA‘s Space Launch System program still faces limited schedule and cost reserves that GAO believes could undermine the space agency’s goal of launching the heavy-lift rocket with an unmanned Orion spacecraft by November 2018. NASA has worked to address some of the program’s technical issues that were cited by GAO …

NASA has reiterated it remains on track to launch the first Space Launch System mission in fall 2018 even with the delayed delivery of the Orion spacecraft’s service module, Space News reported Tuesday. NASA officials said in a NASA Advisory Council human exploration and operations committee meeting in Cleveland the space agency …

A draft report by the House Appropriations Committee says an appropriations bill that would authorize $19.5 billion in total budget for NASA for fiscal year 2017 would not allocate any funds for the Asteroid Redirect Mission, Space News reported Monday. Jeff Foust writes the House committee released the report Monday …

The Senate Appropriations Committee’s commerce, justice and science panel has approved a fiscal year 2017 spending bill that will provide NASA with a $19.3 billion total budget, Space News reported Tuesday. Jeff Foust writes that the amount is $21 million more than the space agency’s fiscal 2016 budget and includes $3.45 billion …

Carl Preston Jones, a former engineering directorate’s deputy director at NASA, has been promoted to engineering director of the space agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The 35-year agency veteran will lead more than 3,000 civil service and support contractor personnel to design, test and analyze flight hardware and …

Jody Singer, a former flight programs and partnerships office manager for NASA, has been promoted to deputy director of the space agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The 30-year agency veteran will work with Director Todd May to manage a field installation with nearly 6,000 civil and contractor personnel and a budget of $2.5 …

The White House has cut $260 million in its allotted funds for NASA in fiscal year 2017 and submitted a $19 billion budget for the space agency as part of the administration’s overall proposal, Space News reported Tuesday. Jeff Foust writes that the amount includes $3.3 billion for space exploration programs …

Todd May has been named director of NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The space agency said Tuesday May will be in charge of the $2.5 billion Marshall center and its 6,000 civil service and contractor employees who handle human spaceflight, science and technology missions. “Todd’s experience and leadership have …

Congress has released an omnibus appropriations bill that would allocate $19.3 billion in funds for NASA for fiscal year 2016, Space News reported Wednesday. Jeff Foust writes the allocation represents a $756 million increase in funds the space agency requested for its FY 2016 budget. The omnibus bill also increased …

John Honeycutt, a 16-year NASA veteran and formerly deputy manager of the Space Launch System program, has been named SLS program manager. He succeeds Todd May and will supervise more than 4,200 civilian and contractor employees who are assigned to perform planning, acquisition, development, testing, evaluation and operational services for …