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 and the International Space Station (ISS) partners have agreed on a plan to complete the orbital facility by 2010 and accommodate all the hardware modules built by the international partner countries that have yet to be launched. The new plan will finish the station "with the fewest number of flights we can," NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe said during a press conference following the ISS Heads of Agency (HOA) meeting in Montreal Jan. 26. "We have developed a dynamic plan to achieve that goal."
To support NASA's space exploration vision, Honeywell is positioning itself for a major business push that company officials hope might culminate with the company vying to be the prime contractor for a future lunar base.
NASA is inviting industry comments on its draft request for proposals (RFP) for the Crew Exploration Vehicle, which the agency plans to use to return astronauts to the moon and eventually send them to Mars. The centerpiece of NASA's exploration vision, the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) must be able to transport four astronauts, weigh less than 20 metric tons and provide escape capability for the crew at all phases of flight, according to the RFP.
