A new report sponsored by the Secure World Foundation (SWF) and published by George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute provides an interesting comparison of the formation and operation of the …
The Hill newspaper reports that the House may interrupt its summer recess and reconvene briefly, perhaps early next week, to pass a bill that would provide funds to states to …
NASA has set Friday, August 6, as the day for the first of two spacewalks to fix a broken ammonia pump for one of the two International Space Station’s cooling …
NASA announced yesterday that it will host a workshop in Washington, DC next week to “identify objectives for exploration missions to near-Earth objects.” The workshop is August 10-11 at the …
The following events may be of interest in the coming week. For more information, see our calendar on the right menu or click the links below. Congressional hearings are subject …
NASA will hold a press conference tomorrow, August 2, at 4:00 pm EDT from Johnson Space Center to discuss plans for two spacewalks to fix a cooling pump that failed …
The Astro2010 astronomy and astrophysics Decadal Survey will be released on August 13, 2010 according to the National Research Council (NRC). Astro2010 is a joint effort of the NRC’s Board …
The urgent need for the Department of Energy (DOE) to restart production of plutonium-238 (Pu-238) to fuel some of NASA’s planetary spacecraft missions was detailed in a 2009 report from …
Congress passed the FY2010 supplemental appropriations bill (H.R. 4899) and sent it to the President yesterday. The final version is the same as that which passed the Senate on May …