Omnibus Bill Puts the Brakes on NASA COTS Competition
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WASHINGTON - NASA could be forced to delay its selection of a new contender for space station resupply contracts if the $516 billion domestic spending measure approved Dec. 17 by the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law.
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WASHINGTON - NASA formally notified Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) Sept. 7 that it is 30 days away from having its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) agreement terminated for failure to live up to the terms of the deal.
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President Bush's "Vision for Space Exploration" got a skeptical reception in January and was left for dead in midsummer, but it made a stunning last-minute comeback when the House majority leader delivered NASA's $16.2 billion budget request as part of the omnibus $388 billion spending bill passed Nov. 20.
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The controversial Induce Act, supported by Orrin Hatch as a measure to fight copyright infringement, hits an impasse
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The Genesis space capsule that crashed into the Utah desert last month failed because four pencil stub-size gravity switches designed to trigger the release of the spacecraft&#39;s parachutes
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By Charles Babington, Washington Post Staff Writer  The nation's two satellite-radio companies promised yesterday to refrain from raising prices, for a time at least, if they are allowed to merge. But some lawmakers and consumer groups appeared dubious.
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The craft that is to replace the space shuttle could be delayed because of recent budget reductions, the NASA administrator said.
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WASHINGTON--Dogged by rumors that Ares I rocket would not be able to lift the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle if the booster was built as currently envisioned, NASA's Constellation program manager has shot back at unnamed critics in an e-mail missive he said he wrote to set the record straight.
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Legislation to regulate the infant space tourism industry &#151; invigorated by the successful flights of a privately financed manned rocket &#151; has been stalled by disagreements over how much protection to offer potential space travelers.
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A new report released by an American Physical Society (APS) Special Committee on NASA Funding for Astrophysics has questioned the space agency's Moon, Mars and Beyond initiative. The APS assessment warns that t  he cost of overcoming technological challenges to make real the plan could far exceed budgetary projections and that numerous&nbsp;approved science programs could be jeopardized.
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One stage in the life of bills making their way through Congress has been shoved aside recently.
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The United States is to resume its space shuttle program next year after the Columbia shuttle tragedy in 2003. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, announced
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An attempt to block the Bush administration's proposed changes in overtime rules was killed before the 2005 spending bill received final congressional approval over the weekend.
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A controversial new law that could signal trouble ahead for independent programers is delayed again.
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WASHINGTON -- Though President Bush wants to move quickly to replace outgoing NASA Administrator Sean O&#39;Keefe, it could be at least a month or longer before the Senate confirms a new space chief.
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When Sean O&#39;Keefe was sworn in as NASA (news - web sites) administrator Dec. 21, 2001, at the top of his agenda was to bring fiscal discipline to a space agency that had recently allowed a $5 billion surprise
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Rivals in the satellite radio industry merge and investors hope for lower costs -- but significant regulatory hurdles lie ahead. By the Associated Press.