The steering committee for the Space Studies Board’s (SSB’s) new Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) will hold its inaugural meeting this week from Wednesday to Friday (Sept. …
Jim Oberg posted a message on Friends and Partners in Space reporting that former astronaut Bill Lenoir was killed in a bicycle accident yesterday. The news is also reported on …
Using data from the Kepler spacecraft, scientists have confirmed the discovery of a multi-planet system in the constellation Lyra about 2,000 light years away, made up of at least two …
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has released its annual assessment of China’s military power. The report is required by Congress. The 2010 edition, bearing a different title than its …
Editor’s Note Now that you’ve finished all the books on our summer reading list (smile), there is a mystery novel from a new author that you’re bound to enjoy in …
NASA will hold a media teleconference on Thursday, August 26, 2010, to reveal new findings from the Kepler space observatory. Using Kepler data, scientists have discovered an “intriguing planetary system” …
In an interim report on its Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space, the National Research Council (NRC) is calling for the microgravity research program at NASA to …
Courtney Stadd, a well known member of the space policy community who was Chief of Staff to NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe and later returned briefly to work with Mike Griffin …
New results from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) show that the Moon still harbors scientific surprises. At a press conference yesterday, scientists revealed that the Moon has been shrinking, though …
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) is introducing legislation “aimed at boosting the commercial rocket industry and attracting thousands of jobs to Florida’s Space Coast” according to a press release from the …