European and Japanese plans for utilization of the International Space Station (ISS) for microgravity research were presented to the steering committee of the National Research Council’s Decadal Survey on Biological …
The following events may be of interest next week. See our calendar on the right menu for more information or click on the links below. Note that congressional activities are …
Thirteen people who have flown in space argue in favor of commercial human spaceflight in this morning’s Wall Street Journal. The group includes 10 former NASA astronauts (Buzz Aldrin, Ken …
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) looked at a variety of NASA programs to determine if they duplicated work in other agencies and found none that did. The study was requested …
Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, opened a nomination hearing yesterday by saying that NASA “is trailed around with a bit of public …
Two weeks after the House passed the conference report on the FY2010 Energy-Water Appropriations bill (H.R. 3183) the Senate finally followed suit. Senate action had been held up by objections …
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report today recommending that NASA “take steps to mitigate control vulnerabilities and fully implement a comprehensive information security program.” In its summary of …
NASA will partner with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop a roadmap for the commercial reusable launch vehicle (RLV) industry, NASA announced Tuesday. NASA and AFRL hope …
The headline in this evening’s Congress Daily (subscription required) says it all: “Bid To Cut Off Debate on C-J-S Bill Fails, Rancor Ensues.” The Senate had been expected to complete …
Yvonne Brill has been elected to the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame for her innovations in rocket and jet propulsion. While working at RCA Astro-Electronics in Princeton, NJ on …