Updated: STS-129 Safely Home
Update The shuttle Atlantis has landed successfully. Welcome home STS-129! Just five more scheduled shuttle missions to go: STS-130, Endeavour, Feb. 4, 2010, Tranquility Node 3 and Cupola STS-131, Discovery, …
Shuttle Set for Landing Friday Morning
STS-129 is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center, Florida on Friday at 9:44 am EST. A second landing opportunity is at 11:19 am EST. The shuttle undocked from the …
NRC Appoints New Director of SSB and ASEB
The National Research Council (NRC) has selected Dr. Michael Moloney as the new Director of the Space Studies Board (SSB) and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB). Dr. Moloney …
Congressional Letter to Obama Seeks Funding Increase for NASA
Representatives Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL) and Ken Calvert (R-CA) took the lead in sending a bipartisan letter to President Obama yesterday arguing for a $3 billion per year funding increase for …
ISS Crew Members: The station is in very good shape
In a televised media conference today, the 12 crew members onboard the International Space Station (ISS) and space shuttle Atlantis answered questions from reporters around the world and described their …
U.S.-Indian Space Cooperation To "Deepen"
At a joint press conference with President Obama today, Indian Prime Minister Singh announced that “We have decided to give a fresh impetus to collaboration in the fields of education, …
Human Space Flight Safety and Auditing NASA Topics of Two Hearings Next Week
This week is dead quiet for space policy-related events due to the Thanksgiving holiday — Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Next week, though, the pace picks up with two space hearings before …
NASA Gets New Inspector General
The just-released witness list for December 3rd’s House Science and Technology hearing on “Independent Audit of NASA” lists Acting NASA Inspector General (IG) Thomas Howard as one of the witnesses, …
NRO Changes to Be Announced Next Week?
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair will formally agree to a new “statement of principles” for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) next week, reports …
Space Foundation Issues White Paper on "Space Applications for International Development"
At an event on Capitol Hill this week, the Space Foundation released a white paper on “Solutions from Space: Space Applications for International Development.” Citing communications satellites and remote sensing …