Search Results for: International Space Station
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Restructuring of the International Space Station Contract
November 08,2001
NASA’s Management of the International Space Station Program
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science
Performance Management of the International Space Station Contract
February 16, 2000
Russian Involvement in the International Space Station Program
September 26,1996
Space Station Contingency Planning for International Partners
March 09, 1999
Spacesuit Development Delays Could Impact Artemis Timeline and ISS Operations
To ensure humanity’s successful return to the Moon and continue performing spacewalks outside the International Space Station (ISS), NASA needs next-generation spacesuits with enhanced capabilities. Today, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a new report assessing the Agency’s efforts to obtain new lunar suits and updated microgravity suits for use on the ISS. As […]
Managing the Growing Safety Risks of NASA’s 50-Year-Old Spacesuit Design
Imagine exploring the cosmos in your own personal spacecraft with oxygen to breathe, water to drink, waste management, cooling, ventilation, and health monitoring. NASA astronauts wear puffy, white spacesuits that offer these functions and more when they perform spacewalks outside the International Space Station (ISS). Since the 1970s when they were initially designed, these Extravehicular […]
New Report Finds Performance Decline in Critical Spacesuit Maintenance
Spacesuits are vital to International Space Station (ISS) operations and NASA’s journey to the Moon and beyond. However, the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits that astronauts wear during ISS spacewalks were designed more than 50 years ago and have far exceeded their intended 15-year lifespan. Today, the NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a […]
NASA’s Management of ISS Extravehicular Activity Spacesuits
To ensure the continued operations of the International Space Station and the safety of the crew, NASA and its spacesuit support contractor must ensure the suits used for spacewalks, designed more than 50 years ago, are well-maintained and reliable. The contractor, Collins Aerospace, has struggled to ensure sufficient life support components for the suits are […]
Former Chief Economist for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Pleads Guilty (PR-2020-D)
February 19, 2020 Charles R. Resnick, former Chief Economist for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) pled guilty to one count of filing a false income tax return. Resnick also agreed to make restitution to CASIS, a nonprofit organization that operates the International Space Station’s U.S. National Laboratory.

