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A new executive agency will be created to take the U.K.’s recession-busting space and satellite sector into a new space age, Science and Innovation Minister Lord Drayson said today.
Read MoreThe U.K. is not to be left behind in the space industry as SSTL applauds the latest news of Lord Drayson's announcement of a U.K. executive Space Agency.
Read MoreAIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) President Dave Thompson testified before the House Committee on Science and Technology on “Decisions on the Future Direction and Funding for NASA: What Will They Mean for the U.S. Aerospace Workforce and Industrial Base?”
Read MoreSpaceNews is reporting House and Senate negotiators have reached an agreement on a 2010 omnibus spending bill that includes US$18.7 billion for NASA — a US$942 million increase over the agency’s 2009 budget — and includes a provision that would prevent the agency from scaling back or canceling its current human spaceflight activities in the absence of formal legislative approval from congressional appropriators.
Read MoreNew space institutions in Latin American and Caribbean countries have agreed to identify common elements in their space policies to facilitate international cooperation.
Read MoreDuring the second annual U.S. Space Enterprise Mission Assurance Summit, leaders from two key government space agencies agreed to a strategic intent addressing mission assurance and are working on a memorandum of understanding that they believe will open doors for enhanced collaboration.
Read MoreDeputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Teo Chee Hean, awarded the Defence Technology Prize (DTP) to two individuals and five teams at the Biopolis On October 30th.
Read MoreNASA’s Constellation program is developing the Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle and the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle as the agency’s first major efforts in a plan to return to the moon and eventually send humans to Mars.
Read MoreIntroduced into the U.S. House Of Representatives on September 25th was H.R. 3654 by Congressmen Ron Klein (D-FL) and Congressman Charlie Melancon (D-LA), entitled the Hurricane Satellite Modernization Act.
Read MoreThe Colorado Springs-based Space Foundation said in a white paper released this week that the ability of space-based technology to overcome infrastructure and access issues might help solve previously insurmountable economic, public health, and standard of living issues for developing nations.
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