Space Policy Events for the Weeks of July 1-12, 2013
Things are pretty quiet in the upcoming week because of the July 4th holiday (the House and Senate are both in recess and lots of people are on vacation), so …
FAA Commercial Space Office Fares Much Better in Senate, House Cut Would be "Crippling"
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees completed action on the FY2014 funding bill that includes the FAA this week. The two took opposite approaches to funding the FAA’s Office of …
Pritzker Becomes New Secretary of Commerce, Foxx Confirmed for Transportation
The new Secretaries of Commerce and Transportation have been confirmed by the Senate and Penny Pritzker, the new Secretary of Commerce, was sworn into office yesterday. Pritzker, 54, was confirmed by the Senate …
China's Shenzhou-10 Lands
China’s three-person Shenzhou-10 crew returned to Earth just after 8:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) tonight, June 25 (8:00 am June 26 Beijing time), completing a roughly 15 day mission. They …
ESO Announces Three Super-Earths Orbiting Nearby Star
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) announced today that astronomers have discovered more planets around Gliese 667C, a star 22 light years away, and three of the planets are the much …
Shenzhou-10 Crew Departs Tiangong-1, Will Land Tonight EDT
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 Talks to Tiangong-1 Crew, Still No Official Word on Landing
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 …
Shenzhou-10 Completes Manual Docking Test, Crew Readies for Return to Earth
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 …
Space Policy Events for the Week of June 24-28, 2013
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 …
Nelson Pessimistic About NASA Authorization Bill, Implores Aerospace Community to Help
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 …