09.06.07 - NASA is evaluating the overall delivery of behavioral health services to astronauts and is planning additional training for flight surgeons in behavioral health assessments.
› View PDF (24 Kb PDF)NASA's report to Congress outlines a plan for the International Space Station as a National Laboratory.
A summary of NASA's implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board recommendations and additional activities.
› View PDF (19.8 Mb)04.20.07 - In the spirit of continued collaboration, NASA and the United Kingdom's British National Space Centre desire to continue technical discussions on potential cooperative lunar exploration activities.
› View Statement (48 Kb PDF)04.21.07 - "Yesterday, we lost a valued member of the NASA team, a long time, very highly regarded engineer."
› View PDF (48 Kb PDF)04.13.07 - A preliminary report by the Mars Global Surveyor Operations Review Board, an internal NASA board formed to look into why MGS went silent in November 2006 and to recommend processes or procedures that could increase safety for other spacecraft.
› View Report (28 Kb PDF)03.15.07 - Administrator Michael Griffin's statements to the House Committee on Science and Technology and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies.
› Senate Statement (24 Kb PDF)02.28.07 - I am grateful to the Congress for providing a strategic direction for NASA that will serve our Nation well for the next several decades.
› View PDF (35 Kb PDF)07.27.07 - The first major issue is our need to revisit how to most effectively deliver medical and behavioral health care for NASA’s astronauts.
› View Transcript (19 Kb PDF)03.09.07 - A report on surveying potentially hazardous objects and developing alternatives for diverting them.
› View Report (771Kb PDF)02.27.07
› View PDF (3.7 MB)12.20.06 - Signed by President Bush on On Dec. 20, 2006
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NASA has unveiled two critical tools for achieving the nation's vision of returning humans to the moon.
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10.06.06 - Released Oct. 6, 2006. (External link to the Office of Science and Technology Policy)
› View PDF (570 Kb) →NASA Chief Safety and Mission Assurance Officer Bryan O'Connor and Chief Engineer Chris Scolese issued a statement on the decision to launch the Space Shuttle Discovery in July, despite reservations.
› Statement from O'Connor, Scolese06.13.06 - A report explains why the Genesis spacecraft's parachute failed to deploy during its return to Earth on Sept. 8, 2004.
› Read Report (11.9 Mb PDF)05.15.06 - A summary of findings about why NASA's Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology spacecraft did not complete its mission and collided with the intended rendezvous satellite on April 15, 2005.
› View PDF (87 Kb)03.30.06
04.28.06 - Presentations by Scott Horowitz and Doug Cooke of the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate and a speech by Deputy Administrator Shana Dale.