At the opening session of the International Space Exploration Forum (ISEF) this morning, Deputy Secretary of State William Burns called for countries “to make space exploration a shared global priority, to unlock the …
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued its most recent report on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) today. Though it found that the program is “generally” conforming to the revised …
UPDATE, January 9, 2014: This update adds links to the joint Holdren/Bolden blog post and other reactions to the decision, along with additional information. ORIGINAL STORY, January 8, 2014: NASA …
UPDATE, January 8, 2014, 9:55 pm ET: Orbital now plans to launch tomorrow, Thursday, January 9, at 1:07 pm ET. NASA TV coverage will begin at 12:45 pm ET and …
After a one-day launch delay because of frigid temperatures at the launch site, Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Orb-1 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is ready for launch …
The President may brief Congress on the State of the Union every January, but this week the American Astronomical Society (AAS) has an even grander goal — a briefing on the …
Many pundits label last year as the “do nothing Congress.” At the very end, the House and Senate did at least reach agreement on a two-year budget resolution and the FY2014 National …
India’s biggest rocket, the Geosynchronous Space Launch Vehicle (GSLV), successfully returned to flight today, the first flight since double launch failures in 2010. GSLV uses an indigenously produced cryogenic upper …
The first operational launch of Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) is being delayed for one or two days because of forecasted frigid temperatures at …
Two people viewed in the space policy community as epitomizing the differences between the Democratic and Republican views on NASA — Lori Garver and Scott Pace — were joined by …