The House Appropriations Committee completed markup of the FY2013 Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) appropriations bill that funds NASA and NOAA today and favorably reported the bill to the House. The chairman of the …
With space shuttles whizzing above us in the skies and Congress busy at work funding NASA and other space activities, it’s easy to forget that there is a space station in …
UPDATE: The time (10:00 am) and place (2359 Rayburn) have been added and “tomorrow” changed to “today.” NOTE TO INTERNET EXPLORER USERS: Due to some technical glitch, the hyperlink to the …
SpaceX announced today that May 7 is the new date it has chosen to attempt its second test launch as part of NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. The …
SpaceX announced today that it is delaying its test launch to the International Space Station by another week to allow more testing. The launch was tentatively approved for April 30 …
The following events may be of interest in the coming week. The House and Senate both are in session this week. During the Week After the excitement of last week …
The House Appropriations Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee approved its draft FY2013 CJS appropriations bill today. Across Capitol Hill, the full Senate Appropriations Committee gave the nod to its version of the …
The draft bill that the House Appropriations Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee is scheduled to markup tomorrow morning would allocate $150 million to “Mars Next Decade.” However, the bill also requires the …
The House Appropriations Committee’s Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee will recommend a $138 million cut to the funding requested by President Obama for NASA at its markup tomorrow. While some activities are …
The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) applauded the Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) final report on the national security implications of relaxing export control regulations on satellites. The “sec. 1248” report was …