Space policy events are not likely to interfere in back-to-school activities in the coming week — there is nothing on the schedule as of today (though that can always change). The pace …
Charles Kennel, chair of the National Research Council’s (NRC’s) Space Studies Board (SSB), believes that Decadal Surveys are still valuable strategy tools for the space and earth sciences communities despite the …
Three officials of the company that manufactures Proton rockets have been fired because of the Proton launch failure last month. The fate of Russian government officials is pending. A Proton-M …
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced today that the test launch of its Antares rocket with a Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) is now targeted for September 17 instead of …
A day before NASA holds a pre-launch press briefing about its latest Moon probe, the Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang (CWG) has posted a stunning photograph of the “Blue Moon” over …
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano shares chilling details of what transpired on July 16, 2013 when his spacesuit helmet filled with water during a spacewalk in a blog …
NASA and 11 other space agencies released an updated Global Exploration Roadmap (GER) today that quite prominently includes human missions to the surface of the Moon as part of a …
Instead of celebrating the return to flight of its GSLV rocket today, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is trying to determine what caused a second stage leak that resulted …
The dizzying images of swirling clouds in NOAA’s fast-paced video may make you wish you’d taken some Dramamine first, but it is a nifty salute to the GOES-12 weather satellite upon its retirement. …
The following space policy events may be of interest in the weeks ahead. It’s a quiet time in the space policy world as many people squeeze in last minute vacations …