This afternoon the Senate agreed to the second short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the government open through Wednesday, December 17, after a morning of high stakes drama where the …
Update: Links to the text of the bill and joint explanatory statements for CJS (NASA and NOAA) and Defense have been added. The Senate just passed the Consolidated and Further …
Hope that the Senate could expeditiously pass the FY2015 “cromnibus” appropriations bill faded today and the House passed another short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) that would keep the government operating through …
Virginia’s two Senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, issued a press release yesterday touting $20 million included in the FY2015 “cromnibus” spending bill that just cleared the House. The money is …
The House approved the FY2015 “cromnibus” spending package tonight by a vote of 219-206. The Senate still must act on the measure so the House also passed another Continuing Resolution …
A hearing before the Space Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology (SS&T) Committee on the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft yesterday covered familiar ground, especially Republican …
SpaceX and NASA announced today that the launch of the fifth operational SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceX CRS-5 (SpX-5), has been delayed from December 16 …
The House is expected to vote tomorrow (Thursday) on the FY2015 appropriations bill dubbed the “CRomnibus.” It combines an omnibus appropriations providing full-year funding for agencies covered by 11 of the …
House and Senate appropriators introduced the long-awaited compromise version of the FY2015 appropriations bill late today. If approved as expected, NASA will get a significant increase compared to the President’s …
In a talk to senior government leaders today, President Obama praised the work of Orion chief engineer Julie Kramer White and joked that he might hitch a ride to Mars …