NASA’s Associate Administrator for Science, John Grunsfeld, announced today that he is creating a Mars Program Planning Group to chart a path forward for robotic Mars exploration with the goal of …
The House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hear from NASA and NOAA next week about their FY2013 budget requests. NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden will testify at the NASA hearing …
Update: The NAC heliophysics subcommittee meeting Feb. 27-28, and the HASC hearing on DOD’s FY2013 S&T budget request on Feb. 29 have been added. The following events may be of …
Mars is the Roman god of war, an apt connection as budget battles heat up with the release of NASA’s FY2013 request. Lines are being drawn in the space science community …
Renowned space lawyer Carl Christol, who literally wrote the book on space law, passed away on February 22 at the age of 98. Professor Christol pioneered the field of space …
Mary Kicza, who heads the part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that is responsible for weather satellites, said yesterday that NOAA has agreed to a life-cycle cost …
NASA’s Chris Scolese and Robert Lightfoot are about to assume new roles at the agency. Scolese will be the new director of the Goddard Space Flight Center while Lightfoot replaces …
Human spaceflight has become so common over the past five decades that it may be difficult to remember just how exciting it was when John Glenn became the first American …
The following events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate are in recess (except for non-legislative pro forma sessions). Monday-Tuesday, February 20-21 NASA Future Forum …
Cutting federal spending may be on the top of Washington’s priority list, but not if it impacts NASA’s Mars and human exploration programs or NOAA’s weather satellites if House science …