China's Human Spaceflight Program: Background and List of Launches
China’s human spaceflight program, Project 921, officially began in 1992. The launch of Shenzhou-10 today is the tenth flight in the series, but only the fifth to carry a crew. …
China Announces Crew for Tomorrow's Shenzhou 10 Launch
China will launch a three-person crew tomorrow, June 11, to its Tiangong-1 space station on the Shenzhou-10 spacecraft. The crew includes two men and one woman. Launch is scheduled for …
Micrometeoroid Collision To Blame for GOES-13 Anomaly
Space may be a big place, but on May 22 NOAA’s GOES-13 weather satellite was in the wrong place at the wrong time. A micrometeoroid hit the solar array arm, …
National Archives Highlighting Nixon, Ford Contributions to the Space Program
As part of its commemoration of the centennials of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, the National Archives is having a special exhibit on “Nixon and the U.S. Space Program” this …
Peter Marquez Joins Planetary Resources, Inc.
Peter Marquez, well known and highly regarded in Washington space policy circles, is joining asteroid mining company Planetary Resources, Inc. Marquez was a national security space policy analyst in the Department …
Transportation and Commerce Departments One Step Closer to New Leadership
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee today approved the nominations of Anthony Foxx to be Secretary of Transportation and Penny Pritzker to be Secretary of Commerce. The votes were …
Space Policy Events for the Week of June 10-14, 2013
The following space policy events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate are in session this week. Monday, June 10 Senate Commerce Committee markup of …
Tereshkova Ready for One-Way Trip to Mars
Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to fly in space 50 years ago this month, wants to be on the first crew to go to Mars even though she assumes there …
HASC Subcommittee Chairman Demands Answers on Alleged Chinese ASAT Test
Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday demanding information on a Chinese rocket launch last month that some press reports alleged was a …
HSS&T Committee Members Skeptical of Administration's STEM Proposal
Members of a House committee agreed on the need to improve STEM education in the United States at a hearing yesterday, but many are skeptical that the Obama Administration’s proposal …