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 …
Particles Found in Hayabusa Asteroid Sample Return Capsule
The BBC reports that Japanese scientists have found particles inside the sample return capsule of the Hayabusa spacecraft that completed its seven-year round trip journey to asteroid Itokawa last month. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …