Jeff has been involved in aerospace journalism since the mid 1990s. Prior to joining Aviation Week, Jeff served as managing editor of Launchspace magazine and the International Space Industry Report. He has been the editor and chief of Aviation Week's Aerospace Daily & Defense Report since 2007 and has been a regular contributor to Aviation Week magazine. He received his B.A. from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
SIRIUS LAUNCHES: International Launch Services (ILS) has won a contract for the launch of two Sirius Satellite Radio satellites aboard Russian Proton Breeze M rockets. The first satellite, Sirius FM-6, is under construction at Space Systems/Loral and expected to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2010. Sirius has not yet announced plans to utilize the second launch announced, ILS says. ILS will manage the launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
NASA has approved space shuttle Endeavour to launch March 11 on STS-123, a 16-day mission that will mark the longest International Space Station (ISS) visit by the orbiter to date. The approval, which followed a day-and-a-half long meeting at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla., came just nine days after Atlantis touched down from STS-122, which Shuttle Program Manager John Shannon characterized as a testimonial to how well Atlantis performed.
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin told Senate lawmakers Feb. 27 that he will “personally” spend time taking another look at the possibility of remanifesting the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment on a future space shuttle flight to the International Space Station (ISS).
