Japanese Space Agency Confirms Hayabusa Capsule's Landing Site
UPDATE: See truly amazing video from a NASA DC-8 of the reentry on YouTube. You can see the mother spacecraft burning up as a fireball while the return capsule continues …
NASA Looking for Three Legislative Specialists
NASA has three openings in its Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs for Legislative Specialists at the GS-9 to GS-12 level. U.S. citizenship is required. Applications can be submitted until …
New Space Station Crew Getting Ready to Launch
Three new crew members for the International Space Station (ISS) are getting ready for launch on Russia’s Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft on Tuesday. Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock from the United …
House Calls for Development of Standards to Protect Electric Grid from Severe Space Weather Events
On Wednesday, the House passed the Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense (GRID) Act, H.R. 5026 (H. Rept. 111-493), whose purpose is to protect the U.S. bulk-power system and electric infrastructure. …
South Korean Navy May Have Recovered Rocket Debris
The South Korean Navy may have recovered some of the debris from the country’s failed rocket launch yesterday, reports the Yonhap News Service. The debris was recovered just south of …
Text of Letter to NASA From HS&T Asking For Budget Details by June 16
The bipartisan leadership of the House Science and Technology (HS&T) committee and its Space and Aeronautics subcommittee sent a letter to NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden yesterday, the text of which …
Ralph Semmel to Head Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) announced today that Ralph Semmel will be the new APL Director, replacing Ralph Roca. Dr. Semmel has been with APL for 23 …
Senator Hutchison Lashes Out at NASA Leadership
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, issued a press release today taking NASA to task for the actions outlined in Administrator …
South Korea to Try Again on Thursday for Launch of KSLV-1
South Korea will try again to launch its KSLV-1 (Naro-1) launch vehicle on Thursday according to the Yonhap News Service. The launch was scheduled for today, but had to be …
South Korea's Rocket Apparently Explodes After Liftoff
South Korea’s Science Minister told reporters that the KSLV-1 rocket launched today apparently exploded after liftoff. “An inboard camera detected a bright flash of light at 137 seconds into the …