Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank told congressional appropriators on Thursday that the lifecycle cost of the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is now $11.3 billion instead of the $12.9 …
As the world celebrates Cosmonautics Day — or Yuri’s Night — in honor of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin making the first human trip into space 52 years ago today, Russian …
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announced today that analysis of imagery from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) may have revealed the Soviet Mars 3 spacecraft that landed on Mars in 1971. …
President Obama sent his FY2014 budget request to Congress today, nine-and-a-half weeks late. The $1.058 trillion request includes $17.7 billion for NASA. Highlights will be discussed during a NASA media …
On a day already chock full of space news — release of the FY2014 budget request and a hearing on the threat to Earth posed by asteroids — Rep. Bill …
President Obama will submit his FY2014 budget request to Congress tomorrow, Wednesday, April 10. Word is that the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will hold a press …
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden will hold a media teleconference to discuss the agency’s FY2014 budget request on Wednesday, April 10. The telecon will be held at 3:00 pm ET and …
In its annual assessment of major defense acquisition programs, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) laid out the cost growth affecting many of those programs, including space programs. The Space-Based Infrared System …
The following events may be of interest in the coming week. The House and Senate both are in session, returning from their Easter/Passover break. During the Week The big event …
A House subcommittee will hold a third congressional hearing on the threat to Earth posed by asteroids and comets on April 10, the same day President Obama will submit his FY2014 …