On this tenth day of the partial government shutdown, the possibility that the government may be forced to default on its debt next week has taken center stage instead. House …
As expected, Russian government officials replaced the head of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, today. Oleg Ostapenko is the new Roscosmos director; he had been serving as Deputy Defense Minister. Various Russian media sources reported …
Following is the text of NASA Administrator Bolden’s reply to Rep. Frank Wolf’s October 8 letter to Bolden regarding Chinese participation in NASA scientific conferences, as circulated today by Rep. Wolf’s office. …
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) turned 10 years old on October 1. In recognition of the many changes affecting its activities over the past decade, including passage of a new …
NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft received a gravity-assist from Earth today, but emerged from the encounter in safe mode. It remains on its trajectory to Jupiter, but what caused it to …
Following is the text of a letter from Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) to NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden dated October 8, 2013 clarifying legal restrictions versus NASA policies that affect activities …
UPDATE, October 9, 2013: The text of the letter still has not been posted on Wolf’s website, so we have cut and pasted it from the email and posted it …
Another day, another lack of progress in solving the impasse over the FY2014 budget. There was some good news, as most DOD civilians got to go back to work today and …
A long expected shakeup in the leadership and management of the Russian space program will take place this week according to Russian media sources. A series of launch failures since December …
UPDATE, October 7, 2013: The NRC’s Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board meeting on Oct. 10-11 has been added, along with a note about the Hosted Payload Summit, which apparently is …