A National Research Council (NRC) report released today lauds the additional science that could be obtained using hardware transferred to NASA from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for the next …
The following events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate are in recess (except for pro forma sessions). During the Week As another (sigh) snowstorm …
China’s Yutu lunar rover awakened from its third period of dormancy on Friday, but its mechanical problems remain unresolved. It was designed to survive for three of these lunar day/night cycles …
According to NASA, its new strategic plan, released last week, provides the agency with a “clear, unified, and long-term direction” for all its activities. NASA’s previous strategic plan was criticized …
France Cordova, who once served as NASA’s chief scientist, was confirmed by the Senate yesterday as the new director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Senate is slowly working …
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told a House appropriations subcommittee today that the situation in Ukraine will lead to a review of the U.S. use of Russian rocket engines. The …
SpaceX has decided to postpone its planned Sunday launch of a cargo mission to the International Space Station until at least March 30, with April 2 as a backup date. …
NASA Planetary Science Division Director Jim Green told a NASA advisory subcommittee today that funding for operations of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is not assured for the rest of …
NASA requested $15 million in FY2015 for a robotic mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa, but as the detailed budget documents released late yesterday illustrate, that is a one-year request only. …
Bad weather in Kazakhstan could lead to a postponement of the scheduled landing of Soyuz TMA-10M late tonight Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). A go/no-go decision is expected late this afternoon. …