Senate Republicans succeeded today in blocking Chuck Hagel’s nomination to become Secretary of Defense (SecDef) from proceeding to a vote by the full Senate. Sixty votes were needed to clear a …
The Senate Appropriations Committee has posted letters from many of the departments and agencies categorized as discretionary spending spelling out the impacts on their activities if the sequester goes into effect on …
Orbital Sciences Corp. reported tonight (February 13) that the hot fire test of its new Antares rocket was halted “in the final seconds of the countdown by the rocket’s flight …
International Launch Services (ILS) yesterday gave its OK for commercial Proton launches to resume after its Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) concurred in findings by Russia’s space agency and an independent …
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) will continue to chair the Science and Space Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee in the current Congress. Newly-elected Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) …
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) today thanked Jacob (Jack) Lew for his help on NASA issues when Lew was head of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The exchange …
President Obama’s State of the Union address last night offered no call to arms to invest in the nation’s space program, or even just robotic Mars exploration, but he did …
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) cleared the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the next Secretary of Defense today by a party-line vote of 14-11. The next step is …
Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) will retain chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee in addition to her new duties as chair of the full appropriations committee. Similarly, Senator Richard …
UPDATE, February 12: Here’s a link to a White House press release showing everyone, including Ferdowsi, who will sit with the First Lady. ORIGINAL STORY, February 11: Bobak Ferdowsi, the …