Events of Interest Week of June 29-July 3, 2009: Enjoy the 4th!
Congress will be in recess next week and most of the rest of Washington similarly will be catching its breath as the country celebrates Independence Day. Enjoy your July 4th …
NASA Announces Events to Commemorate 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11
A list of events NASA is planning around the country to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon — July 20, 1969 — is available …
SASC Adds $80 Million for NPOESS but Prohibits AF From Spending Half of Available NPOESS Funding Until New Plan is Submitted
In its markup of the FY2010 Department of Defense Authorization bill, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) directs that the Air Force not spend more than 50% of the funds …
Senate Appropriations Completes Markup of FY2010 CJS Bill
The full Senate Appropriations Committee completed markup of the FY2010 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) appropriations bill on June 25. No changes were made from the subcommittee markup the previous day. …
Atlantis' November Launch May Slip Due to Knob Stuck in Window Pane
Bill Harwood of CBS’ Space Place reports that space shuttle Atlantis’ November launch date may slip due to an unusual problem — a knob from a work light attachment apparently …
Controversy Over New Electro-Optical Intelligence Satellites Explored
Dwayne Day, writing for The Space Review, looks at the controversy over what new electro-optical intelligence satellites should be procured in a June 22 article “Gum in the Keyhole” (a …
Details on Senate CJS Subcommittee Markup of Funding Bill for NASA and NOAA
The Senate Appropriations Committee has posted a summary of action by the Commerce, Justice, Science subcommittee this afternoon. (The title of the link says FY2009, but it is the FY2010 …
ESA and Russian Space Agency Leaders Tell Augustine Panel to Continue ISS Past 2015
The June 17, 2009 meeting of the Augustine Panel on the future of the U.S. human spaceflight programs included teleconferenced briefings by the Director General of the European Space Agency …
Josh Hartman Tells Defense News There is a "Policy Void" on Data Sharing for Space Situational Awareness
Josh Hartman, who recently left the post of Special Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, was interviewed by Defense News just before his departure …
NASA Fares Better in Senate Subcommittee Markup
Ken Monroe (Republican staff of the House Science and Technology Committee) tweets from the ongoing Senate Appropriations CJS markup: “Senate Appropriations subcmte mark providing $18.68 billion to NASA.” This is …