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Charlene Anderson • December 17, 2011
On December 16, 2011, the U.S. Senate voted down the House of Representatives bill that would have sliced an additional 1.83 percent from discretionary spending accounts, including NASA and NOAA.
Charlene Anderson • December 16, 2011
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed appropriations bills that will provide $8.1 billion disaster aid for this year's "extreme weather events." The aid will be funded by a proposed 1.83% across-the-board cut to all FY 2012 base discretionary spending, including NASA and NOAA.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 16, 2011
Abigail Fraeman took third place in the Washington Post's 2011 Style Invitational edible-art contest with her entry, "MalloMars Rover: Search for S'more Data."
Charlene Anderson • December 16, 2011
NASA had planned to release next Monday an RFP (Request for Proposals) in its Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program. However, due to a funding shortfall, the agency will instead continue to use Space Act Agreements to contract for the development.
Jason Davis • December 16, 2011
An update on upcoming missions to the International Space Station (ISS).
Emily Lakdawalla • December 15, 2011
A summary of a new article by Matt Tiscareno about planetary ring systems that reviews the known ring systems of the four giant planets and the prospects for ring systems yet to be discovered.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 14, 2011
An animation of comet Lovejoy entering the field of view of one of SOHO's Sun-monitoring cameras.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 13, 2011
Emily wakes up her 5-year-old daughter to experience her first lunar eclipse.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 12, 2011
Images from the Cassini spacecraft's flyby of Dione.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 09, 2011
A letter sent by Lev Zelenyi, director of the Russian Space Research Institute (IKI) to participants in the Phobos-Soil project about the mission's failure.
Become a member of The Planetary Society and together we will create the future of space exploration.
LightSail 2 launched aboard the SpaceX Falcon Heavy. Be part of this epic point in space exploration history!
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