Space Shuttle Discovery just took off from Kennedy Space Center, FL aboard a shuttle carrier aircraft on its way to Dulles Airport, VA just outside Washington DC. Atop the 747, …
Expectations are high that a scheduled press conference tomorrow at the National Space Symposium (NSS) in Colorado Springs, CO presages the release of a long-awaited report from the Department of Defense …
As the Senate Appropriations Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee prepares to mark up the FY2013 bill that funds NASA and NOAA later this afternoon, its House counterpart will mark up its version …
Senate Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee appropriators had a surprise for everyone when they marked up the FY2013 appropriations bill today. They want to transfer NOAA’s satellite activities other than operations to NASA, …
The big news out of the Senate Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee today — the decision to transfer NOAA’s satellite programs to NASA (except for operations) — overshadowed other key recommendations. Among them …
UPDATE: Bob Jacobs at NASA tweets that the press conference will be held about 3:30 pm ET. NASA’s Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the upcoming SpaceX mission to the International …
Dampening expectations for a complete success was a major theme of today’s NASA press conference following the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the SpaceX demonstration flight to the International Space Station …
The following events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate both return to work after a two-week recess. During the Week Weather permitting, Tuesday is …
Details remain scant, but NASA held a teleconference today to provide an update on the work of the Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG) headed by Orlando Figueroa. The MPPG was …
NASA will hold a teleconference at 1:00 pm ET today (Friday) to provide an update on its new plan for Mars exploration. Participants are: John Grunsfeld, associate administrator, NASA Science …