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.
The Expedition 9 crew of the International Space Station (ISS) continues to troubleshoot the erratic Russian Elektron oxygen generation unit, which was thought to have been repaired last week until it failed again Sept. 23.
Next week NASA will receive another round of industry proposals on supporting technologies to enable a human return to the moon and future human missions to Mars.
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved several amendments to NASA's fiscal year 2005 authorization bill Sept. 22, including two tailored to deal with the potential gap between the planned retirement of the space shuttle and the introduction of the proposed Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV).
