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For more news, see our daily update archive. Related News From The Web: February 7, 2012 CNET News VC turns office into Apollo museum The last time I went to talk with venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson, managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, I spent more time ogling his museum of NASA Apollo gear than I did talking about his startup investments. February 7, 2012 Los Angeles Times Finding lost moon rocks is his mission After NASA's lunar voyages, the samples were given as goodwill souvenirs to states and nations. Many have gone missing. But an investigator's on their trail. February 3, 2012 The New York Times Roger Boisjoly, 73, Dies; Warned of Shuttle Danger Six months before the space shuttle Challenger exploded over Florida on Jan. 28, 1986, Roger Boisjoly wrote a portentous memo. He warned that if the weather was too cold, seals connecting sections of the shuttle's huge rocket boosters could fail. January 24, 2012 Florida Today Space shuttle Discovery to fly again during April trip to Smithsonian Shuttle fleet leader Discovery is expected to depart Kennedy Space Center on April 17 for a non-stop ferry flight to Dulles International Airport, NASA and the Smithsonian Institution confirmed today. January 22, 2012 Los Angeles Times James Arnold dies at 88; pushed to unlock secrets in moon rocks When President John F. Kennedy announced in 1961 that America was committed to "landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth" by the end of the decade, winning the race became the paramount objective of the national space program. January 15, 2012 The Huntsville Times Apollo astronauts tell NASA 'hands off our artifacts' It's an Apollo astronaut's flight checklist, but not just any astronaut and not just any flight. Still, when a bidder at a Texas auction offered $388,000 in November for James Lovell's Apollo 13 checklist, even the auction house was surprised. The final bid was 15 times the pre-auction estimate. January 9, 2012 The Downey Beat Space shuttle transfer: city gets $100,000 to exclude space shuttle mock up from Tierra Luna development The developer of the Tierra Luna project has agreed to pay the city $100,000 to exclude a life-sized mockup of the space shuttle from its 77-acre property. January 9, 2012 The New York Times To Preserve History on the Moon, Visitors Are Asked to Tread Lightly California's catalog of historic artifacts includes two pairs of boots, an American flag, empty food bags, a pair of tongs and more than a hundred other items left behind at a place called Tranquillity Base. January 5, 2012 Los Angeles Times For sale: Nuclear bomb-proof space station in Carmel Valley Who wouldn't want to own a nuclear bomb-proof earth station and a piece of space history? |
