Lt. Gen. Forrest McCartney (Ret.), a former director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), lost his battle with pancreatic cancer yesterday. Born in Fort Payne, Alabama in 1931, McCartney rose …
Michael Listner, a lawyer, humorously urged the space community yesterday not to follow Shakespeare’s advice to “kill all the lawyers.” Recounting a litany of thorny legal issues that may arise …
The International Space Station (ISS) is back to its full complement of six crew members with the docking this morning of the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft. Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, Sergei …
Ralph Cicerone, President of the National Academy of Sciences and chair of the National Research Council (NRC), sat down for an interview by Jim Lehrer, retired anchor of PBS NewsHour, …
NASA announced today that it has chosen the Delta II to launch three environmental satellites and Falcon 9 to launch another. The new launches for the Delta II return the venerable …
The following events may of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate both are in session this week. Monday-Sunday, July 16-22 Continuation of the biennial COSPAR conference, Mysore, India …
UPDATE: The launch took place as scheduled at 10:40 pm EDT. ORIGINAL STORY: Three new crew members for the International Space Station (ISS) are getting ready to launch in a …
The European Space Agency (ESA) moved closer this week to adding another new member — Poland. When all is said and done, Poland will become ESA’s 20th member. The ESA Council …
NASA announced today the selection of six proposals from four companies for advanced booster concepts for the Space Launch System (SLS). The agency plans to invest as much as $200 …
An oft-asked question in Congress is how to explain to constituents the value of spending tax dollars on NASA. At a congressional hearing today, NASA’s chief technologist and representatives of …