Dateline May 11, 2006: Space News from the Internet

NASA News

• Reports from Japan that NASA and JAXA were working on a supersonic jet were just not true, according to NASA.
• Gart McKinnionl, the British NASA hacker, has been extradited to the USA for trial.
• Laurance R. Doyle has a chat with two "Moon Men," James Lovell and Dr. Harrison Schmitt.
• Discovery's move to the Vehicle Assembly Building has been delayed due to equipment malfunctions. The move was suppose to happen at 8:30am EST this morning. No word yet on when it will happen.

Space in Movies/TV

• Filming of the Discovery Channel docu-drama, Race to Mars, is underway. It is set to debut along with the internet site, Mars Interactive, in Fall 2007.

New Space

• SpaceDev's First Quarter 2006 earnings will be released on May 16, 2006 and a conference call will be held at 1:00pm EDT.
• SpaceHab released their earnings on May 9, 2006 with a loss of $1.7 million, or $0.13 per share.

From Discovery Channel's Race To Mars.