A special United Nations group of experts has reached consensus on Transparency and Confidence Building Measures (TCBMs) for space activities. In a statement, the U.S. State Department commended the U.N. …
At 5:27 pm Eastern Daylight Time (21:27 GMT), NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will begin taking a photograph of Earth from its vantage point at Saturn. The photo shoot will last about …
The Senate Appropriations Committee and the House Science, Space and Technology (SS&T) Committee each marked up their NASA bills today. The markups themselves, not to mention the funding figures therein, demonstrate …
A Republican provision in the 2013 NASA authorization bill to make the position of NASA Administrator a 6-year term appointment was removed by a close vote during committee markup today. …
Despite skepticism from a Russian Deputy Prime Minister, an official with Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, confirms that the recent Proton-M launch failure was caused by sensors that were installed upside …
Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) introduced their version of the 2013 NASA authorization bill yesterday and the text is now available. The bill, S. 1317, authorizes funding …
The House Appropriations Committee approved the FY2014 Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) bill, which includes NASA and NOAA, but what will happen to it next is unclear. The committee is currently considering, and …
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) introduced his version of the 2013 NASA authorization bill today. Meanwhile, the time for the House Science, Space and Technology (SS&T) Committee’s markup of its version of …
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano’s spacesuit filled up with 1-1.5 liters of water during an hour-and-a-half spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) this morning. NASA terminated the …
NASA will hold a press conference this afternoon to discuss the problem that developed this morning with Luca Parmitano’s spacesuit that forced an early termination to a spacewalk. The press …