NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden praised the Kepler Space Telescope team yesterday and used their findings to illustrate the future he sees of NASA’s space science and human spaceflight efforts working more closely …
UPDATE, November 7, 2013: The Soyuz TMA-11M crew docked at 5:27 am Eastern Standard Time. ORIGINAL STORY, November 6, 2013: Soyuz TMA-11M launched on time at 11:14 pm Eastern Standard …
India successfully launched its first mission to Mars early this morning. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is now in Earth orbit and will conduct a series of orbit raising maneuvers …
NASA Astrophysics Division Director Paul Hertz painted a bleak picture of NASA’s FY2014 astrophysics budget today and forecast a future filled with uncertainty. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may …
The following events may be of interest in the week ahead (plus a bit, this week’s list goes through Sunday, November 10). The House is not in session this week; …
NOAA is set to respond to last year’s report on its satellite programs by the Satellite Task Force of the NOAA Science Advisory Board (SAB) at an SAB meeting November 19. The SAB …
Usually there are six people aboard the International Space Station (ISS) at one time, though periodically it dips to three during crew rotation cycles. Next week, however, it will jump …
Today the Senate confirmed the nominations of two new members of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), including a new chairman, after two Senators lifted their holds. Thomas Wheeler was confirmed …
The National Research Council’s (NRC’s) Committee on Human Spaceflight is offering everyone a last chance to provide their ideas on the future of the human spaceflight program via a Twitter …
Former astronaut Piers Sellers and Mike Freilich, head of NASA’s earth science program, will headline an event on “Earth from Space” held by the American Astronautical Society (AAS) on November …