Obama announces Shuttle ends and Orion begins in 2010

William Atkins
Sunday, 01 March 2009 21:16

Science - Space

The United States, however, is not looking forward to a five-year peroid of inability to send its own astronauts into space.

NASA will have to rely on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft to send its astronauts back and forth to the International Space Station.

Already, though, in 2010, NASA is expecting to make the first test of its new Ares I rocket, and hopefully be well on its way to meet its scheduled launch of the first Orion space capsule.

Learn more about the Obama announcement concerning the future of NASA, from the perspective of the newspapers within the major NASA space centers, at:

NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Florida Today: “Obama budget sticks to 2010 shuttle retirement”

The Orlando Sentinel: “Obama budget for NASA shoots down space shuttle hopes”

NASA Johnson Space Center, Texas

The Houston Chronicle: “Shuttle program, energy take hits”

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama

The Huntsville Times: “Griffith: Budget tribute to NASA”

UPDATES 3/9/09: "Griffith" changed to "Griffin" (I do that sometimes, don't know why?) and also comments made by Alabama congressman Griffith were attributed to him and not to former NASA administrator Griffin. (again, that Griffin versus Griffith thing).