Juno Passes by Earth, Emerges in Safe Mode
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 …
Text of October 2013 Wolf Letter to Bolden Regarding Chinese Nationals at NASA Facilities
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 …
Wolf Disputes Effect of Law on Chinese Participation in Kepler Conference – UPDATE
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 …
Government Shutdown FY2014: Day Seven — Aerospace Corp Layoffs Add to Impacts
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 …
Russian Space Program Shakeup Imminent
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 …
Space Policy Events for the Week of October 6-11, 2013 – UPDATE
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 …
Government Shutdown FY2014: Day Five – Good News for DOD Civilian Employees
While there was no progress today in resolving the issues that led to the government shutdown, federal employees and defense contractors got a little bit of good news. A large portion …
Government Shutdown FY2014: Day Four
As the world celebrates the 56th anniversary of the Space Age, no progress was made in Washington today to help the U.S. space program move forward. On October 4, 1957, …
Government Shutdown FY2014: Day Three — High Drama of a Different Kind
As if a government shutdown and looming debt crisis weren’t enough, Washington had a dose of a very different kind of high drama today as a woman took Secret Service and …
MAVEN Given Emergency Exception to Proceed Despite Shutdown
With its launch coming up in just a few weeks, NASA’s MAVEN program is at the top of the list of NASA concerns in the government shutdown. MAVEN Principal Investigator …