Posted on August 11, 2011, at 3:33 pm .
Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center
Space layoffs are accelerating this month in the wake of the final space shuttle flight. Meanwhile, commercial space companies are expanding in Florida, California and Texas as they ramp up programs designed to carry American astronauts into space.
First, the bad news:
- Approximately 1,000 space shuttle workers will lose their jobs this month, including 515 at United Space Alliance’s Houston operations and 285 additional USA workers in Huntsville, Houston and Huntington Beach, Calif.
- Boeing and Lockheed Martin are also planning layoffs
- ATK laid off approximately 100 employees in Utah as a result of the space shuttle’s demise.
Continue reading ‘Signs of Expansion Amid Mass Layoffs’
Posted on February 3, 2011, at 3:24 pm .
Space shuttle Atlantis lands on runway 33 at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility concluding the STS-129 mission. Photo credit: NASA Jack Pfaller
Some interesting news from Rob Coppinger:
NASA is considering a plan to keep the space shuttle Endeavour in flight-like condition after its last scheduled mission, a move that could lead to its transformation into a privatized spaceship rather than a museum piece.
Continue reading ‘USA Proposes Keeping Shuttle Alive Until 2017′
Posted on January 3, 2011, at 2:00 pm .
Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center
Florida Today reports on the first batch of many layoffs along the Space Coast as the space shuttle program winds down:
Lead space shuttle contractor United Space Alliance plans to lay off about 150 employees at Kennedy Space Center this week.
The local layoffs, effective Friday, are the first of potentially several thousand this year as the Houston-based company undergoes a dramatic downsizing in preparation for the final shuttle flight.
The timing of the upcoming cuts was not impacted by the delay in shuttle Discovery’s flight from November until at least February due to technical problems.
Read the full story.
Posted on September 25, 2010, at 12:07 pm .
Congress must fulfill duty to clarify NASA’s future
by U.S. Rep. Peter Olson
The Houston Chronicle
Russia, China and now India and Japan know that the future is still in human space flight. The mission of NASA must ensure that the U.S. remains the global leader. To that end, Congress has a duty to ultimately provide the necessary resources for NASA to accomplish this mission.
Continue reading ‘Olson: No More Bailouts (Except in My District)’
Posted on November 5, 2009, at 5:23 pm .
Live At KSC: USA Announces Freeze On Raises
Florida Today
NASA’s prime shuttle fleet operator is freezing merit raises for all 8,903 employees in 2010, a move being made to protect current jobs and increase the company’s ability to win new business as its largest contract is winding toward an end.
Continue reading ‘United Space Alliance Freezes Pay’
Posted on July 15, 2009, at 12:12 pm .
Space shuttle Atlantis lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California, completing the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Image Credit: NASA/Carla Thomas
USA to lay off 240 at KSC
Florida Today
NASA’s prime shuttle fleet operator will lay off 400 people this October, including about 240 at Kennedy Space Center, as the nation’s space agency moves toward retiring its winged orbiters.
Continue reading ‘USA to Lay Off 400 as Shuttle Retirement Begins’
Posted on July 9, 2009, at 4:36 pm .
Ares 1-X undergoing assembly
ATK PRESS RELEASE
For the first time in more than a quarter-century, a new space vehicle will begin stacking on a mobile launch platform (MLP) at Kennedy Space Center, thanks to the hard work and dedication of an experienced team of employees from NASA and contractors United Space Alliance (USA) and Alliant Techsystems [NYSE: ATK].
Continue reading ‘Ares I-X Vehicle Stacked for Launch’
Posted on July 9, 2009, at 12:56 pm .
USA PRESS RELEASE
United Space Alliance has assembled a team of experienced, innovative experts in space operations to support the Kennedy Space Center’s mission to maintain the leading edge in space vehicle and payload processing,
integration, launch and recovery operations.
Continue reading ‘USA Assembles KSC Launch Support Team’
Posted on June 3, 2009, at 10:02 am .
USA PRESS RELEASE
United Space Alliance has assembled a team of experienced, innovative experts in space operations to support the Kennedy Space Center’s mission to maintain the leading edge in space vehicle and payload processing, integration, launch and recovery operations.
Continue reading ‘United Space Alliance Assembles Kick Ass Space Ops Team’
Posted on March 21, 2009, at 11:11 am .
ATK, USA announce contract terms
Florida Today
NASA contractors Alliant Techsystems Inc. and United Space Alliance this week announced the terms of a contract that affects hundreds of jobs at Kennedy Space Center.
Continue reading ‘ATK, USA Settle Lawsuit Over NASA Ares Rocket’
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