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.
BACK ON: NASA and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) have rescheduled the first ground test firing of the Ares I developmental five-segment solid-fuel rocket motor for Sept. 10 at ATK’s facility in Promontory, Utah. The first try at the potentially historic static test was scrubbed 20 seconds before ignition Aug. 27 when test conductors received an indication an auxiliary power system fuel valve had failed to open (Aerospace DAILY, Aug. 28).
Japan’s unmanned H-II Transfer Vehicle is in final preparations for liftoff from Tanegashima Space Center on its first cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station on Sept. 11 local time, having passed its NASA flight readiness review. Late last month, the encapsulated vehicle was transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Tanegashima in southern Japan, where it was mated to the second stage of its H-IIB rocket and had the final elements of its pressurized cargo installed.
In observance of the U.S. Labor Day holiday, Aerospace Daily & Defense Report will not publish an issue on Monday, Sept. 7. The next issue will be dated Sept. 8.
