Events of Interest: Week of May 14-19, 2012 – UPDATE
UPDATE: The House Appropriations Committee’s markup of the FY2013 defense appropriations bill on Thursday has been added. The following events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House …
June Conference to Spotlight ISS Research Results, Opportunities
A conference scheduled for June 26-28, 2012 in Denver, CO will spotlight the results of experiments already conducted aboard the International Space Station and discuss opportunities for the future. The …
Updated Fact Sheets from SpacePolicyOnline.com
Two SpacePolicyOnline.com free fact sheets about congressional action on FY2013 budget requests for space activities at NASA, NOAA, the Department of Defense (DOD) and other government agencies were updated on …
Next ISS Crew Ready for Launch on Monday
Three new crew members for the International Space Station (ISS) are readying for launch on Russia’s Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft late Monday evening Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The launch is scheduled …
SpaceX On Track for Early Morning Launch on May 19
SpaceX and NASA continue to plan for SpaceX’s test launch to the International Space Station on May 19. The launch has been postponed several times and SpaceX has reserved May …
HASC Restores ORS and STP Funding, Sharply Cuts PTSS
The full House Armed Services Committee (HASC) marked up the FY2013 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4310) yesterday. Most space programs were funded at their requested level, but the committee added …
House Expected to Pass CJS Bill Today
The House of Representatives worked until just after midnight completing consideration of amendments to the FY2013 Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) appropriations bill. Only one step remains — passage of the amended bill …
House Passes FY2013 CJS Bill, Replaces Sequester for DOD with Other Cuts
The House of Representatives passed the FY2013 Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) appropriations bill that funds NASA and NOAA this afternoon as expected. Separately, the House also passed legislation to replace deep budget …
SpaceX and Bigelow Join Forces
SpaceX announced today that it is joining forces with Bigelow Aerospace to market opportunities for people to fly into space on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Dragon crew space transportation system …
House Cuts NASA Cross Agency Support, Defeats Other Amendments
The House of Representatives began debate on the FY2013 Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill yesterday. Several amendments that would have cut NASA funding in order to pay for non-NASA programs were defeated, but …