Commercial Crew Critical for ISS, but SLS/Orion Needed for Future, Senators Stress

Commercial Crew Critical for ISS, but SLS/Orion Needed for Future, Senators Stress

At a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing today, three Senators directed mostly friendly questions at a panel of government and private sector witnesses regarding the risks and opportunities of commercial spaceflight.  Senator …

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Battle's Not Over, but the War Seems to be Won — EnhancedView Funding OK for Another Year

Battle's Not Over, but the War Seems to be Won — EnhancedView Funding OK for Another Year

Congress has yet to complete action on the relevant authorization or appropriations bills, but GeoEye and DigitalGlobe reportedly both have been told that their funding under the EnhancedView contract is …

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Current and Three Former NASA Administrators to Share Perspectives with NRC Committee Next Week

Current and Three Former NASA Administrators to Share Perspectives with NRC Committee Next Week

The National Research Council’s (NRC’s) study committee on NASA’s Strategic Direction will hear from the current NASA Administrator as well as three of his predecessors at its meeting next week …

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China's Shenzhou-9 Docks with Tiangong-1

China's Shenzhou-9 Docks with Tiangong-1

China’s Shenzhou-9 spacecraft with its three-person crew successfully docked with the Tiangong-1 space station this morning (Eastern Daylight Time). Docking took place at 2:09 pm Beijing time (2:09 am EDT) …

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June Good Month for "First" Women Astronauts

June Good Month for "First" Women Astronauts

Purely by coincidence, the first women to fly into space representing their countries — the Soviet Union, United States and China — were all launched in June. Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova …

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