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.
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has approved Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., to begin preparing for a fifth space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Griffin had promised to revisit previous Administrator Sean O'Keefe's decision to cancel the mission, known as SM4, following the space shuttle's return to flight (DAILY, April 20). Now that the shuttle's launch has been postponed to July, "we're going to start early in reviewing the Hubble decision," Griffin said April 29.
A panel of expert witnesses warned House Science Committee lawmakers about the possible consequences of NASA's proposed scaling back of its efforts in Earth science observation during a hearing April 28.
A squadron of U.S. Air Force Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will be permanently stationed on the island of Guam in 2008 or 2009, according to Gen. Paul Hester, commander of Pacific Air Forces.
