The Obama Administration’s new STEM education strategy, which would move many NASA education activities to other agencies, will be explained to the House Science, Space and Technology Committee next week. …
UPDATE, May 28, 10:20 pm ET: Soyuz TMA-09M successfully docked with ISS about 10:10 pm ET, a few minutes ahead of schedule. ORGINAL STORY, May 28, 4:35 pm ET: Three …
Iran’s FARS news agency is reporting that the country is getting ready to launch a satellite, Sharif Sat, the first of six planned for launch this year. Bob Christy of …
UPDATE, May 27: Planetary Resources announced a second event on Wednesday, and NASA will hold a media telecon on Thursday on Curiosity’s radiation findings. The following events may be of …
NASA will hold a public forum in Washington, D.C. on June 18 to provide an update on its planning for the new Asteroid Retrieval Mission. Although the announcement says the meeting will …
The NOAA Satellite and Information Service posted a notice on its Facebook page this morning announcing that the GOES-14 satellite is now online to replace GOES-13, which failed on Tuesday. …
Only one of four witnesses at a congressional hearing Tuesday expressed enthusiasm for the Obama Administration’s new Asteroid Retrieval Mission (ARM). No consensus emerged on an alternative, but ARM clearly …
UPDATE, May 24: Links to the proposed rules as published in the Federal Register have been added. ORIGINAL STORY, May 23: The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) announced the news this afternoon …
Former NASA space shuttle program manager Wayne Hale told the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science and Space Thursday that it is difficult for his generation to change its “mental model” …
Patti Grace Smith called on Congress last week to extend the FAA’s authority to provide third party indemnification for commercial launch services companies for 10 years or, better yet, permanently. …