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Dan Leone

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Washington, DC, United States

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  • SpaceNews
  • SPACE.com
  • The Christian Science Monitor

Past articles by Dan:

SpaceGeeks Ep. 26: The Wind Rises at SpaceX

On this SpaceGeeks podcast, Jeff Thornburg talks about his time at SpaceX where he led development of the company's methane-fueled Mars engine, Raptor. → Read More

Don’t Tell The Brits Tim Peake Isn’t The First Brit On ISS

Maybe it's technically correct, but throngs of screaming fans who gathered at the Science Museum in London to watch his arrival on TV don't care. → Read More

Mars InSight Lander Won't Launch until 2018 — If it Launches at All

If it isn’t canceled altogether, NASA’s Mars InSight lander will now launch more than two years later than planned, thanks to a balky seismometer, the agency’s top science official told reporters Dec. 22. → Read More

Omnibus Fully Funds Major NOAA Satellite Programs

Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, NOAA will get $809 million for the first two JPSS satellites and $871.8 million for the GOES-R program. → Read More

Component Snafus Caused Six-Month GOES-R Launch Slip

A NOAA on Dec. 9 official shed new light on two recent component snafus that prompted the agency to delay launch of its GOES-R coastal-watchdog satellite. → Read More

SpaceGeeks: When Space Opera Meets Space Operations

Meet Keri Bean, who enjoys dressing up like Han Solo, building replicas of Star Wars droids, and her day job operating real space robots for NASA. → Read More

Q&A with John Honeycutt, NASA's SLS Program Manager

John Honeycutt took over as program manager for NASA’s Space Launch System in early October. SLS is the linchpin for NASA’s much-hyped “Journey to Mars.” → Read More

JWST’s Top Astronomer to Planetary Scientists: Start Your Engines

The James Webb Space Telescope’s Nobel Prize-winning head astronomer advised planetary scientists Nov. 9 to get started on proposals for focusing JWST’s 6.5-meter mirror on objects most closer to home than its usual cosmic quarry. → Read More

NASA Eyes Sample-Return Capability for Post-2020 Mars Orbiter

NASA says the orbiter it aims to launch in the 2020s could carry the mechanisms needed to collect and store surface samples for a return trip to Earth. → Read More

NASA's Osiris-Rex Asteroid Mission Kickstarts Outreach Budget With Card Game

The head of NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample-return probe plans to crowdfund an outreach budget for the mission on Kickstarter by selling a card game." → Read More

NASA to Study Uranus, Neptune Orbiters

NASA began an early feasibility study for missions to the distant, mostly-ignored ice-giants Uranus and Neptune, a senior agency official said here Aug. 24. → Read More

NASA Orders 2 More Space Station Cargo Missions from Orbital ATK

NASA ordered two more cargo deliveries to the International Space Station from Orbital ATK under a 2008 Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract, a company spokeswoman said Aug. 12. → Read More

NASA Picks Finalists For Small Astrophysics Missions

NASA has selected three finalists for its next Small Explorer astrophysics mission and two finalists for the even smaller Explorer Missions of Opportunity Line, the U.S. space agency said July 30, → Read More

In NASA First, Cubesats Headed to Mars with InSight Lander

Two tiny cubesats, the first NASA plans to send to another planet, will keep watch on the agency’s InSight mission as it descends to the Martian surface. → Read More

Beachcomber Finds SpaceX Rocket Wreckage in Bahamas

Twitter user Kevin Eicrhelberger scored what will probably go down as the find of his beach-combing career: the briny wreckage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. → Read More

Venus Plane Pushed for Next NASA Next Frontiers Mission

An inflatable drone could cruise the sulfurous skies of Venus next decade if Northrop Gruman can sell NASA on the mission. → Read More

NASA Authorization Bill Advances on Party Lines

Sparks flew on Capitol Hill where a NASA authorization bill that recommends deep cuts for Earth science made it out of a sharply divided committee on a party line vote. → Read More

SpaceX formally protests Air Force contracts with rival spaceflight firm

SpaceX, the private spaceflight company headed by Elon Musk, is protesting the Air Force's multibillion-dollar block-buy contract with its competitior, United Launch Alliance. → Read More