The draft NASA Authorization Act of 2013 penned by the House Science, Space and Technology Committee would make the NASA Administrator a 6-year term appointment and authorize no funds for …
NASA will discuss the selection of its latest class of astronaut candidates via a Google+ hangout social media event this afternoon at 3:00 pm Central Daylight Time (4:00 pm Eastern). NASA …
The following space policy events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate are in session this week. During the Week Among the highlights this week …
At a June 13 event at the National Archives, space policy expert John Logsdon described how President Nixon’s policy toward space exploration was rooted in framing it as a “normal” …
GenCorp announced today that it has completed acquisition of “substantially all operations” of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne from United Technologies. It will be combined with GenCorp’s Aerojet subsidiary and called …
Today the House passed its version of the FY2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Among its provisions, the House rejected DOD’s request to terminate the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) office …
NASA Advisory Council (NAC) Chairman Steve Squyres and retired industry executive Tom Young will testify to the House Science, Space and Technology (SS&T) Committee next week. The topic of the …
NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) is criticizing NASA for making excessive early payments to Orbital Sciences Corp. for Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) to the International Space Station (ISS). Orbital is …
The three person crew of Shenzhou-10 docked with and entered the Tiangong-1 space station today, beginning a roughly two-week stay. China’s official news service Xinhua reports that docking took place at 1:18 …
The House Appropriations Committee approved the FY2014 Defense Appropriations bill today. Few changes were made to the bill as it was reported from the defense subcommittee last week. The committee …