The Secure World Foundation (SWF) released a report yesterday warning that the dangers of mis-communicating about the threat from an asteroid can be as much a threat as the asteroid itself. SWF …
UPDATE: NASA has complied multiple images of the transit taken by its Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) into a single nifty image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/7344062712/in/set-72157629955754198 ORIGINAL STORY: If you have clear skies in your area, …
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) gave up on its attempts to restore daily image transmissions from Landsat 5’s Thematic Mapper (TM) thermal imaging instrument. Launched by NASA in 1984, the …
NASA revealed today that the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) gave it two leftover space telescopes. NASA is looking at using one of them and must determine how much it would cost to …
The following events may be of interest in the coming week. The House and Senate both are in session. During the Week The space policy world returns to its routine …
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) spacecraft and its Pegasus rocket successfully completed their June 1 Flight Readiness Review (FRR). The spacecraft is due to be launched on June 13 …
The Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane is headed back to Earth in the next few days or weeks after more than a year in orbit. What X-37B has been doing is unknown — …
UPDATE 3: Dragon splashed down at 11:42 ET, two minutes earlier than scheduled. Press conference at 2:00 pm ET; watch on NASA TV. UPDATE 2: Dragon successfully completed its deorbit …
As Elon Musk’s Dragon spacecraft successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean this morning, he was thinking “welcome home, baby” as the mission came to a picture perfect ending. International …
NASA is currently planning to launch the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) on June 13 from Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific. The agency will hold a news conference to discuss …