Presidential Science Advisor John Holdren told the House Science, Space and Technology Committee yesterday that despite what some people say, the United States is the world leader in space activities. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The House Appropriations Committee marked up the FY2013 bill (Transportation-HUD) that funds the Department of Transportation (DOT) and its Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The committee not only provides the full …
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) …
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 …
NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced an “historic” agreement today laying out each agency’s roles and responsibilities for ensuring the safety of people who fly on commercial space …
The Air Force has released a short video showing the landing of the X-37B spaceplane yesterday at Vandenberg Air Force Base. It looks just like a space shuttle landing — …
China’s Shenzhou-9 spacecraft is conducting a series of three orbit changes as it prepares to dock with the Tiangong-1 space station on Monday. The three-person Chinese crew includes China’s first …