NASA is establishing an Applied Sciences Advisory Committee (ASAC) to provide guidance to the agency on implementation of a grants program designed to promote the integrated use of remote sensing and …
It was HUGE news at the time. World famous English recording artist Sarah Brightman would be the next space tourist, flying into space on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Today, Russia’s …
The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Ministerial Council approved ESA participation in NASA’s program to build the Orion spacecraft system to take astronauts beyond low Earth orbit. ESA will provide the …
Robert P. (Bob) Lin, former director of the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, passed away on Saturday after suffering a stroke the day before. Among his many …
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report today recommending that NASA fully implement earned value management (EVM), which it calls “an important tool that could help reduce acquisition risk.” …
Poland officially joined the European Space Agency (ESA) today, November 19, 2012. Poland and ESA exchanged Accession Agreements on September 13. The Government of Poland needed to ratify the agreement …
The following events may of interest in the coming two weeks. This is a combined edition because it’s Thanksgiving week and things are rather quiet in the near-term. Congress is in …
Update, November 18, 9:10 pm EST: The crew landed three minutes later than scheduled because the spacecraft overshot the landing site due to a mistimed parachute deployment. Official landing time …
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is seeking comments, suggestions and innovative ideas from the public on how to mitigate an anticipated gap in weather satellite data from NOAA’s …
The Associated Press (AP) has finally called the congressional race in Arizona’s second district, declaring Ron Barber the winner in his contest against Martha McSally. Barber (D-AZ) will continue to …