Bolden: We Are Not Abandoning Human Space Flight

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden denies the notion that America is abandoning human space exploration, and outlines where American space programs will be in the next fifty years.

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NASA Administrator: American Leadership In Space Will Continue

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden told the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee that American leadership in space will continue for at least the next 50 years. (1:11)

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Tennessee Democrat: Did NASA Appointee Say 'Bite Me' To Critics?

Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) criticizes a senior NASA appointee who apparently said 'Bite Me' to those concerned with the NASA's proposed budget for fiscal year 2011. (0:18)
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NASA Official Explains Antarctica Trip

Seeyle Martin, chief scientist of NASA's Operation Ice Bridge in Antarctica, explains that the more than month-long excursion will be useful in comparing Antarctica's ice mass loss with Greenland's. (0:28)
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Neil Armstrong Jokes That NASA Considered Sending "Expendable" Photographers Into Space

During a ceremony held Tuesday by the U.S. House of Representatives to celebrate the recent 40th anniversary of the lunar landing, famous astronaut Neil Armstrong joked that NASA considered sending photographers into space.

“No one knew what kind of person could be persuaded to take the trip. Prisoners were suggested. Soldiers could be ordered. Photographers could take pictures and they’re expendable,” Armstrong teased, referencing the crowd of eager photographers in attendance. (0:56)
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Biggest surprise aboard the ISS

When asked what the biggest surprise was that occurred during the STS-124 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), mission specialist Karen L. Nyberg says that it was the fact that everything went according to plan. On the other hand, Commander Mark Kelly continues and talks about an incident involving the flight control system. Kelly says that a clip from off the rudder speed brake came flying off but according to the experts on the ground, it was of no consequence for re-entry. (1:10)
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International space station 'greatest engineering project in the history of mankind'

Christopher Shank, head of strategic communications at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), says that the International Space Station (ISS) is 'the greatest engineering project in the history of mankind.' Shank says the ISS is larger in wingspan than a football field and that its development is the largest task ever to have been performed by civilian agencies. (0:33)
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