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.
Frank Morring, Jr. (Marshall Space Flight Center), Jefferson Morris (Washington)
Struggling to stay within a flat budget for the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS), NASA plans to halt development of the J-2X rocket engine that will power its upper stage after the ongoing development-test series.
NASA is adding an unmanned test flight of the Orion spacecraft in 2014 in an effort to reduce risk and support development of the congressionally mandated Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket.
NASA's Merritt Island Launch Annex (MILA) in Florida has been decommissioned, marking another casualty of the end of the space shuttle program. Located on 61 acres of land just west of the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex, MILA provided communications between the orbiters and Mission Control in Houston during launches and landings. The tracking station was established in 1966 by Goddard Space Flight Center as part of a global, ground-based network of 17 tracking stations to support orbital operations of the Apollo program and Earth-orbiting science satellites.
