Curiosity Finds No Methane on Mars
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has not yet found signs of methane on Mars, the agency reports. Methane is of interest to scientists because it may be a sign of life. …
Cygnus Arrival at ISS Postponed Till Saturday
Orbital Sciences Corporation and NASA decided this morning to postpone until Saturday the arrival of Orbital’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft at the International Space Station (ISS). Three new ISS crewmembers are …
Options for Military Satellite Communications Debated
The latest installment of the “A Day Without Space” series, sponsored by the George C. Marshall Institute and the TechAmerica Space Enterprise Council focused on the pressures felt by the …
Cygnus Berthing Delayed Until Tuesday
The arrival of Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Cygnus spacecraft at the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed until Tuesday. The cargo spacecraft was supposed to be berthed to ISS this …
Space Policy Events for the Week of September 23-27, 2013
The following events may be of interest during the week. The House and Senate will be in session part of the week. During the Week It’s crunch time in Washington …
Cygnus On Track for First Arrival at Space Station Sunday Morning
Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft is on track for arrival at the International Space Station (ISS) tomorrow morning, Sunday, September 22. The spacecraft has been making a series of …
Witnesses, House Committee Members Disagree on State of Weather and Environmental Satellites
During Thursday’s joint House Science subcommittee hearing, the agencies in charge of developing and operating U.S national weather and climate satellites insisted that a projected gap in weather coverage is …
Unclear Long Term NASA Goals Complicate Infrastructure Decisions
A House hearing today connected the dots between uncertainty about NASA’s long term exploration goals and decisions about maintaining NASA’s infrastructure. With repeated changes in plans, knowing what facilities to …
NASA Releases More FY2013 Operating Plan Data
It’s still not the complete FY2013 NASA operating plan, but the agency has now posted on its budget website a slightly more detailed table showing the outcome of FY2013 budget …
Sullivan Nomination Hearing: It's Fish, Not Satellites
In the space community, NOAA’s most important mission is operating weather satellites, but for the Senators deliberating on Kathy Sullivan’s nomination to head NOAA, it’s all about fish. Sullivan, a …