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.
International Space Station astronaut John Phillips delivered the first live congressional testimony from space June 14, fielding questions from House lawmakers about how current station activities support future space exploration. "We are the experiment," Phillips said. "We're learning how to fly in space." For future missions to the moon and Mars, "what I've learned, I believe, is that we need to build equipment with as much attention to low maintenance and as much attention to reliability as possible," he said.
The United States is unlikely to regain its prominence in the global commercial expendable launch market given continued flat launch demand and the introduction of potential new competitors such as Japan, according to a new study by Futron Corp.
The International Space Station program is recalculating the amount of time it can support a stranded shuttle crew in the event of an emergency, due to the continued failure of the Elektron oxygen generation system and the current failure rate of the station's oxygen-generating candles.
