However, of all things, the MarsPhoenix Twitter feed commented on this issue overnight: “Heard about the recent news reports implying I may have found Martian life. Those reports are incorrect” and “Reports claiming there was a White House briefing are also untrue and incorrect.”

NASA Brings Total Eclipse of the Sun to the Masses
Mostly an excuse for me to show you this, an older NASA picture (from here) of a solar eclipse on earth seen from space:

SpaceX suffers third rocket launch failure
Falcon Launch Video and Message from Elon Musk

After earlier offering to pay for other programs by delaying the return to human spaceflight by five years, Obama is now saying we need to push ahead and fully fund NASA today. At the same time, the Florida Dems are hitting McCain for his space policy. It’s good political sense in the fight for Florida’s electoral votes, where the margins are so thin that every little constituency counts. And the space industry is by no means little in Florida. Curious to see if it’s also going to fit into a larger plan to put Texas in play this year.
Obama Reverses Campaign Stance on Constellation Cuts
Florida Democratic Party: McCain’s Low Road on NASA

U.S. Iran stand threatens space station

A little-known law intended to prevent the sale of nuclear technology to Iran would also bar NASA from buying Russian Soyuz spacecraft after 2011. With the space shuttle slated to retire in 2010 and its replacement not scheduled to fly before 2015, the agency would have no way to send astronauts to the space station.

Infrastructure needed for future space exploration

NASA plans to cut 200 jobs in New Orleans

Meet Colonel Buck, Our New Space Wing Commander