House Subcommittee to Hold Hearing March 24 on NASA's New Plan

House Subcommittee to Hold Hearing March 24 on NASA's New Plan

The Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee has announced a hearing for March 24 on “Proposed Changes to NASA’s Exploration Program: What’s Known, What’s Not, …

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Commercial Crew Pros, Cons Explored by Florida Today

Commercial Crew Pros, Cons Explored by Florida Today

James Dean at Florida Today wrote an interesting article yesterday weighing the pros and cons of the commercial crew approach to sending people to low Earth orbit.

Events of Interest: Week of March 15-19, 2010

Events of Interest: Week of March 15-19, 2010

The following events may be of interest in the coming week. For further details, see our calendar on the right menu or click the links below. All locations are in …

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Shuttle Discovery Launch Delay Possible

Shuttle Discovery Launch Delay Possible

SpaceflightNow.com reports that a problem with the space shuttle Discovery could threaten its scheduled launch on April 5. According to NASA, a problem was identified in a helium isolation valve …

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Space Station Partners Shooting for 2028

Space Station Partners Shooting for 2028

Congress has yet to approve President Obama’s proposal to extend U.S. support for the International Space Station (ISS) to 2020, but the partners in the ISS program are working on …

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