Chilly but Beautiful Welcome Waiting for Returning ISS Crew
Three International Space Station (ISS) crew members are due to return to Earth on Sunday night East Coast time, which will be Monday morning at the landing site in Kazakshtan. …
Future of Human Spaceflight Tops NASA IG's List of Management and Performance Challenges
The future of the nation’s human spaceflight program is at the top of the NASA Inspector General’s list of management and performance challenges facing the agency. In its 2012 Report …
NASA Changes Out Two Center Directors — JSC and Glenn
NASA formally announced today a change of command at the agency’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) near Houston, TX and Glenn Research Center (GRC) in Cleveland, OH. At JSC, home to the …
ISS Crew Struggling to Find Time to do Research
The International Space Station (ISS) is a research laboratory in space, but ISS crews continue to struggle to find time to do that research amidst spacewalks, spacecraft arrivals and departures, …
SpaceX and NASA Still Determining Reasons for Falcon 9 Engine Failure, Other Anomalies
The overall success of SpaceX’s first operational cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) last month overshadowed the fact that the mission also encountered several problems, including the failure …
House Committee to Hold Hearing on Solar and Space Physics Decadal Survey
The House Science, Space and Technology Committee’s Space and Aeronautics subcommittee will hold a hearing at the end of the month on the recently released National Research Council Decadal Survey …
House Passes Extension of Launch Liability Indemnification
The House passed H.R. 6586 today, extending for two years the government’s authority to indemnify launch services companies from third party claims for certain amounts of money resulting from launch vehicle …
House Will Take Up Third Party Liability Bill About 5:00 pm ET Today–update
Update: A link to the text of the bill on GPO’s website has been added. The House reconvened at 2:00 pm ET today and after a series of so-called “one minute …
Five House Races Still Too Close to Call, Including Giffords's Old Seat
The winner of one of the six House races in the undetermined category was finally decided today, but five others remain uncertain, including the Tucson, Arizona district once represented by …
Events of Interest: Week of November 12-16, 2012–UPDATE
Update: The NAC Science Committee meeting November 14-15 has been added. The following events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate both return to work …