Perhaps one silver lining from Hurricane Sandy is that the storm is raising awareness of the long-known likelihood that there will be a gap in weather satellite coverage a few years from …
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean this afternoon at 3:22 pm ET, returning scientific experiments and other cargo from the International Space Station (ISS). That ends …
The following events may be of interest in the week ahead. Congress remains in recess (except for pro forma sessions) until after the elections. During the Week For people on …
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft is getting ready to return to Earth tomorrow, Sunday, October 28. It will signal the end of the first operational commercial cargo mission to the International Space …
The superstorm that is heading to the East Coast has caused the JAXA Washington Office to postpone Monday’s showing of a film in honor of 20 years of Japan-U.S. human …
Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) is calling for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review NASA’s export control policies. Broun chairs the House Science, Space and Technology Committee’s Subcommittee on Investigations …
NASA has opened its annual solicitation for nominees to serve on the NASA Advisory Council’s (NAC’s) science subcommittees. U.S. citizens can nominate themselves or others to serve on any of …
NASA’s Associate Admininistrator for Human Exploration and Operations, Bill Gerstenmaier, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Eilene M. Galloway Symposium on Critical Issues in Space Law. The symposium …
President Obama’s statement during Monday’s presidential debate that the sequester “will not happen” surprised a lot of people. Washington is abuzz about what he meant — one of his aides quickly …
UPDATE: 7:01 am ET. The Soyuz TMA-06M launch was successful and the crew is in orbit. Docking with the ISS is expected on Thursday at 8:35 am ET (7:35 am …