Two days later than expected, the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) at 7:53 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) tonight, March 27. Russia’s Alexander Skvortsov and …
NASA’s proposal to mothball the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is not being well received in Congress or the astrophysics community. The proposal is part of NASA’s FY2015 budget …
Experts are still analyzing why the third engine burn of the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft did not take place as scheduled last night, but two more engine burns were conducted today …
Our brand new fact sheet on NASA’s FY2015 budget request is now available for viewing and downloading. It’s free! NASA’s FY2015 Budget Request briefly describes President Obama’s request for NASA’s …
Russia’s Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft launched on schedule this evening at 5:17 pm EDT, but instead of docking with the International Space Station six hours later, it will be stretched out to …
At a briefing this morning focused on a recently released Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) report, representatives from the national security space community emphasized that many new processes out there hold …
The top Republican and top Democrat on the Space Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee sent a joint letter to President Obama on Friday championing human spaceflight …
The following events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate are in session and, yes, there’s another chance for wintry weather here in the DC …
The House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold two hearings next week on the FY2015 budget requests for science agencies generally and, separately, for NASA, kicking off the FY2015 budget …
UPDATE, February 2, 2015: After further analysis, scientists involved in this “discovery” retracted it. The Associated Press quotes Brian Keating as saying “we’re essentially retracting the claim” in a new …