More Analysis of the New National Space Policy

More Analysis of the New National Space Policy

Jeff Foust has a really good write-up about the new national space policy in The Space Review this morning. And for anyone who missed it (given its unique title, No …

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Events of Interest: Week of July 5-9, 2010

Events of Interest: Week of July 5-9, 2010

It’s a relatively quiet week in Washington with Congress in recess and most people at the beach, but for those who want to venture out into our horrid weather, here …

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Cargo Spacecraft Succeeds in Docking with ISS on Second Try

Cargo Spacecraft Succeeds in Docking with ISS on Second Try

Russia’s Progress M-06M spacecraft successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS) today. The first attempt, on Friday, failed because of a radio interference problem. This time NASA says the …

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Cargo Spacecraft to Retry Docking on Sunday

Cargo Spacecraft to Retry Docking on Sunday

The Russian space agency and NASA will make a second attempt to dock a Progress spacecraft with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. The scheduled docking time is 12:10 …

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Analysis of New National Space Policy Begins

Analysis of New National Space Policy Begins

The Secure World Foundation and the Arms Control Association sponsored a seminar yesterday on President Obama’s new national space policy. The organizations plan to post a transcript of the meeting …

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Logsdon: "End of the Apollo Era – Finally?"

Logsdon: "End of the Apollo Era – Finally?"

Space News has a thought-provoking op-ed by John Logsdon this week. Dr. Logsdon, professor emeritus at George Washington University, is the “dean” of space policy analysts and the Apollo era …

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New Dates Set for Final Scheduled Shuttle Missions

New Dates Set for Final Scheduled Shuttle Missions

As expected, NASA has reset the dates for the final two scheduled space shuttle missions. STS-133 (Discovery) is now expected to be launched on November 1, 2010 (instead of in …

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Russian Cargo Spacecraft Fails to Dock with ISS

Russian Cargo Spacecraft Fails to Dock with ISS

A Russian Progress spacecraft failed to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) today. According to tweets by NASA, the spacecraft lost its telemetry lock on the space station and …

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Two Interesting NRC Meetings Next Week

Two Interesting NRC Meetings Next Week

Everyone else may be on vacation next week, but the National Research Council will be hard at work! On Wednesday and Thursday, July 7-8, the Committee on Earth Studies of …

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