The Houston Chronicle’s science writer, Eric Berger, published the text of his interview with Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) in his blog today. Culberson is viewed as the likely successor to …
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) wrote to Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper today asking five questions about the implications for U.S. leadership in space and …
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) may be retiring, but that’s not till the end of next year. Until then, he clearly plans to remain passionately involved in both civil and national …
The Senate passed the Ryan-Murray budget today in a 64-36 bipartisan vote. The budget sets top line spending levels for FY2014 and FY2015, allowing House and Senate appropriators to finalize …
NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins will conduct his first spacewalk on Saturday. He will wear the same spacesuit that European astronaut Luca Parmitano was wearing in July when the helmet filled with …
UPDATED December 17, 2013, 5:25 pm ET with more details throughout and link to NASA press release. ORIGINAL STORY December 17, 2013, 4:51 pm ET. NASA decided today to conduct …
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) announced today that he will retire from Congress at the end of next year. He chairs the House Appropriations Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee that funds NASA and …
The Senate agreed this morning to a procedural measure that clears the way for a vote on the compromise budget deal approved by the House last week. Separately, a vote …
The following events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House will meet only in pro forma session (i.e. no legislative business). The Senate is in session. During …
UPDATE: A link to a YouTube video of the landing has been added. China’s Chang’e-3 spacecraft landed on the Moon at about 8:12 am Eastern Standard Time today, December 14, …