NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, Presidential Science Adviser John Holdren and Air Force Space Command Commander Gen. William Shelton will head to Capitol Hill next week to testify about the threat …
After more than a week of rumors, Dennis Tito and his Inspiration Mars Foundation team outlined their plans for a human trip to fly-by Mars in 2018 at a press conference …
NASA’s use of Space Act Agreements (SAAs) is coming under scrutiny both by Congress and by NASA Inspector General (IG) Paul Martin. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), chairman of the House Appropriations …
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has scheduled a vote on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense (SecDef) at 4:30 pm ET today. The nomination cleared …
Chuck Hagel was just confirmed by the Senate as the new Secretary of Defense by a vote of 58-41. The vote came after the nomination cleared a procedural hurdle earlier …
UPDATE, February 27: Additional differences between the old version and new version of the bill are identified in this update. ORIGINAL STORY, February 26: A day before a hearing before …
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden gave some welcome news to NASA employees today telling them that no furloughs are expected if the sequester goes into effect later this week. Unlike many …
The Washington Post’s (WaPo’s) Capital Weather Gang blog published this totally awesome photo of today’s sunrise in Washington, DC. It is a view looking over the reflecting pool in front …
Picking up from where it left off in the 112th Congress, the House today passed a bill to rename NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center after Neil Armstrong. On December 31, …
UPDATE, February 25: Confirms the Dennis Tito press conference on Wednesday and adds two NASA science briefings on Wednesday (black holes) and Thursday (Van Allen Probes). The following events may …