President Obama yesterday signed into law the Commmercial Space Launch Liability Indemnification extension. That was the last space-related law waiting for signature from the first session of the 111th Congress. …
Russian space agency head Anatoly Perminov reportedly is leading an effort to plan an international asteroid deflection mission. Voice of Russia and other news sources quote Perminov as saying that …
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded three 5-year contracts for commercial satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, data products, and direct downlink services. Each is an IDIQ (“indefinite delivery …
NASA has selected three missions as candidates for the next spacecraft to fly as part of its “New Frontiers” program. One would send a probe to descend through Venus’ atmosphere …
South Korea will try again to launch a satellite into Earth orbit using its KSLV-1 rocket by June 2010 according to the head of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). …
A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows that the Department of Defense (DOD) has a mixed record of implementing GAO’s recommendations over the past eight years regarding …
S. Neil Hosenball, who served as NASA’s General Counsel from 1975-1985, passed away on December 23. His obituary appears in today’s Washington Post. He succumbed to cancer. Editor’s Note: Among …
The LA Times wants NASA TV to “Liven Up.” “Coverage of topics like space exploration and the Earth should be mesmerizing. Instead, there’s too much technical detail and silence,” complains …
The Senate passed legislation on Wednesday extending government indemnification of third party liability for commercial space launches for three more years. The bill passed by unanimous consent without debate. As …
The U.S. space launch propulsion industrial base faces significant challenges according to a report submitted to Congress on Tuesday by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). …