The Texas congressional delegation pressed ahead Tuesday with an uphill, election-year effort to boost NASA’s $17.3 billion budget so the space agency can close the five-year gap between retirement of the shuttle fleet and the next generation of manned spacecraft. Read More at Houston Chronicle…
“We write to urge you to include $2 billion in funding for NASA in either a second economic stimulus package or the supplemental appropriations bill.” Read More at SpaceRef…
Briefings with congressional staff continue after the Administration cleared language to amend the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act (P.L. 109-112). Read More at SpaceRef…
Science editor Alan Boyle’s blog: Are women — or shoddy workmanship — responsible for this month’s wayward landing of a Russian spaceship? The blame game could have an impact on future spaceflights. Read More at MSNBC…
Statement by William H. Gerstenmaier Hearing on NASA’s International Space Station Read More at SpaceRef…
Statement by Cristina T. Chaplain Hearing on NASA’s International Space Station Read More at SpaceRef…
The nation’s three-ship space shuttle fleet faces “significant challenges” in completing construction and continuing operation of the $31 billion International Space Station, raising the possibility of Draconian cutbacks at the orbiting exploration and scientific facility, the Government Accountability Office warned Congress on Thursday. Read More at Jazz Group
NASA’s associate chief for space operations told U.S. lawmakers that astronauts won’t ride on the Soyuz again until Russia determines why the capsule had such a rough re-entry April 19 and landed hundreds of miles off course. Read More at Hartford Courant…
Construction of ISS Progressing, Subcommitee Explores Research Capabilities Read More at SpaceRef…
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report # 4596 Read More at SpaceRef…