The National Research Council’s Space Studies Board (SSB) will hold a second annual Space Science Week from March 3-5. This time the highlight of the space science confab will be …
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) says that he was “taken aback” at security challenges identified at NASA by an independent report commissioned by NASA at Wolf’s request. The report was led …
The executive summary of a report chaired by former Attorney General Dick Thornburgh on security issues at NASA acknowledges the “tension” between NASA’s charter to encourage international cooperation and its …
In conjunction with French President Francois Hollande’s visit to Washington, the White House issued two facts sheets heralding U.S.-French cooperation on a range of security and science and technology issues, …
China’s official news agency, Xinhua, finally confirmed that the Yutu lunar rover has awakened from its 14-day long dormancy, though the health of the rover remains a little unclear. China revealed …
England’s @UHF_Satcom tweeted this afternoon that it has picked up signals from China’s Yutu rover. The health of the rover has been in question since January 25. While not an …
UPDATE, February 12, 9:30 am ET: China’s official news agency, Xinhua, still has not posted any news about Yutu on its English language website (http://www.news.cn/english/). However, @jeff_foust and @cosmic_penguin separately …
The following events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate both are in session. During the Week The week starts off quickly, with a field …
The FAA’s annual Commercial Space Transportation conference covered a lot of ground this week (February 5-6, 2014), but two topics were highlights: the Obama Administration’s recent decision to extend operations …
Canada’s Minister of Industry, James Moore, and the President of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Gen. (Ret.) Walter Natynczyk, released Canada’s new framework for space policy today. The policy starts …