The Shenzhou-10 crew undocked from Tiangong-1 and made a fly-around of the space station overnight Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and is now preparing to return to Earth. The Chinese media say …
China’s President Xi Jinping spoke with the three Shenzhou-10 astronauts today as they orbited Earth in the Tiangong-1 space station. China still has not announced when the trio will return to …
China’s three-person Shenzhou-10 crew tested manual docking techniques with the Tiangong-1 space station this morning (Beijing time) as their two-week mission nears its end. Maj. Gen. Nie Haisheng was at …
The following space policy-related events may be of interest in the coming week. The House and Senate are both in session. During the Week Congress continues to work on FY2014 funding …
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) offered a grim assessment on Wednesday of the chances of a NASA authorization bill, or any budget-related legislation, clearing Congress this year. As for the draft …
The Chinese media have provided scant news about what their three astronauts are doing aboard the Tiangong-1 space station, but today their official press service, Xinhua, is full of stories about Wang …
The House subcommittee hearing on a draft 2013 NASA Authorization Act this morning showed continued skepticism about or opposition to the Obama Administration’s proposed asteroid initiative. It also revealed that even …
George M. Levin, who spent 35 years at NASA before joining the National Research Council (NRC) as Director of the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB), died yesterday after a …
UPDATE, June 23, 2013: Full committee markup is on June 26 (not June 27) according to the committee’s website. UPDATE, June 20, 2013: The subcommittee took only 20 minutes to …
At this morning’s public forum on the proposed asteroid return mission, the White House and NASA will call upon the public to help search for asteroids. The forum begins at …