[Friday, April 1, 2011] We are the ones who will be most affected by the decisions you make today.

[Friday, April 1, 2011] Elon Musk, CEO and Chief Technology Officer of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), will hold a press conference on Tuesday, April 5th at the National Press Club in Washington to discuss his company's latest venture.

[Friday, April 1, 2011] Seven satellite industry companies have agreed to form an industry alliance to increase awareness of the benefits of hosted government payloads on commercial satellites.

[Saturday, April 2, 2011] A specialised research and development team at ESA in Darmstadt is using cutting-edge software techniques to make spacecraft operations more efficient.

[Monday, April 4, 2011] As the authors of the white paper state, "The model and the results cannot validate the detail [sic] financials of any one commercial enterprise."

[Tuesday, April 5, 2011] Inside the Plasma Spray-Physical Vapor Deposition, or PS-PVD, ceramic powder is introduced into the plasma flame, which vaporizes it and then condenses it to form the ceramic coating.

[Tuesday, April 5, 2011] I am pleased to inform you that yesterday NASA granted United Space Alliance six, one-month extensions to the Space Program Operations Contract (SPOC), beginning on April 1, 2011.

[Tuesday, April 5, 2011] Naveen Jain is a philanthropist, entrepreneur and a technology pioneer. He is founder of Intelius and InfoSpace, as well as Co-Chairman of Education and Global Development at the X Prize Foundation.

[Tuesday, April 5, 2011] Moon Express is a privately funded lunar transportation and data services company created to establish new avenues for commercial space activities beyond Earth orbit.

[Tuesday, April 5, 2011] Today, Elon Musk, CEO and chief rocket designer of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) unveiled the dramatic final specifications and launch date for the Falcon Heavy, the world's largest rocket.

[Tuesday, April 5, 2011] ILS and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) of Tokyo, Japan, announced a new contract today for the launch of Turksat 4A and Turksat 4B on ILS Proton. Turksat 4A is scheduled to launch in late 2013 and Turksat 4B in early 2014.

[Wednesday, April 6, 2011] The President and I know that the uncertainty of the current situation puts federal employees in a difficult position, and we're very much aware that a shutdown would impose hardships on many employees as well as the groups and individuals.

[Thursday, April 7, 2011] A summary of the tool was presented February 28th. The audience of 20-25 people included NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, and Associate Administrator Chris Scolese.

[Thursday, April 7, 2011] EADS North America today announced that John Schumacher will serve as Vice President, Space line of business.

[Thursday, April 7, 2011] Measurement Computing Corporation today announced that the LGR-5320 Series of high-speed, stand-alone data loggers has been chosen by NASA Tech Briefs as Product of the Year for 2010.

[Friday, April 8, 2011] Virgin America unveiled its beautiful and sustainable new home at San Francisco International Airport's (SFO) Terminal 2 (T2) with a series of inaugural flights that celebrate the evolution of travel.

[Friday, April 8, 2011] The Commercial Spaceflight Federation welcomes the Aerospace Corporation of El Segundo, California for its decision to release a clarification document yesterday regarding its white paper on the business case for NASA's Commercial Crew program.

[Friday, April 8, 2011] The studies are intended to outline commercial solutions to the need to distribute the data for future NASA payloads on commercial communications satellites supporting science and technology missions from geostationary (GEO) orbits

[Friday, April 8, 2011] NASA is hereby submitting a revised shutdown plan in the event of a lapse in appropriations, replacing the plan submitted to OMB on December 16, 1995. In this plan, NASA continues to require each NASA Center to provide protection of life and property.

[Friday, April 8, 2011] Today at the ISTA Event commemorating the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight, a public-private partnership has announced the initiative to begin the process of bringing commercial spaceflight to The Netherlands and the Amsterdam Region.

[Friday, April 8, 2011] Johnson Space Center's Advanced Planning Office, in conjunction with the JSC Space Life Sciences Directorate, for the fourth straight year is supporting the Rice Business Plan Competition by funding awards totaling $45,000.

[Saturday, April 9, 2011] NASA Ames Research Center is hereby soliciting information about potential sources for the design/build of the rehabilitation of Hangar 1, a historic property located at Moffett Field, California.

[Monday, April 11, 2011] NASTAR was issued a safety approval, subject to the provisions of Title 51 U.S.C. subtitle V, chapter 509, and the orders, rules and regulations issued under it. This Notice publishes the criteria that were used to evaluate the safety approval application

[Tuesday, April 12, 2011] Intelsat S.A., announced today that the launch of Intelsat New Dawn has been rescheduled to Friday, April 22 at 5:37 p.m. (EDT). The satellite, loaded on an Ariane 5 rocket, will be launched from the Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

[Tuesday, April 12, 2011] The space shuttle revolutionized space flight, and opened an unprecedented era of broad international cooperation in space. The ISS now circles the Earth as a powerful legacy to the contributions and service of the entire space shuttle team.

[Tuesday, April 12, 2011] The Commercial Spaceflight Federation, the industry association of leading businesses and organizations working to make commercial human spaceflight a reality, will be making a major announcement on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

[Tuesday, April 12, 2011] An annual International Day of Human Space Flight was declared by the General Assembly this afternoon, to be celebrated on 12 April, the date of the first manned space flight in 1961.

[Wednesday, April 13, 2011] The Commercial Spaceflight Federation is pleased to announce that Rear Admiral Craig E. Steidle (U.S. Navy, Ret.) has been named as President, effective May 15.

[Thursday, April 14, 2011] In the frame of the "Multi Launch Agreement" with Arianespace, the Luxemburg operator of satellites SES has confirmed today to Arianespace the launch of the ASTRA 2E satellite slated for the second semester of 2013.

[Thursday, April 14, 2011] The James Webb Space Telescope reached another key milestone with the delivery of the pathfinder backplane to Northrop Grumman, prime contractor on the program.

[Thursday, April 14, 2011] NSS Executive Director, Gary Barnhard states, "There are certain milestones and breakthroughs that accompany any successful venture, including those in the space industry."

[Thursday, April 14, 2011] Dynetics announced today that FASTSAT-HSV01 has successfully completed scheduled science operations for multiple payloads.

[Thursday, April 14, 2011] Among other things, this bill lifts funding restrictions that limited our flexibility to carry out our shared vision for the future.

[Friday, April 15, 2011] A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 here at 9:24 p.m. PDT today. Designated NROL-34, the mission is in support of national defense.

[Saturday, April 16, 2011] A rotating device developed by NASA inventors to grow better living tissue specimens was inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame Thursday, April 14.

[Saturday, April 16, 2011] Orion was designed from inception to serve as the nation's next generation spacecraft to safely take humans on a variety of multi-purpose deep space missions throughout our solar system.

[Saturday, April 16, 2011] The Summit, April 28 - May 1st, is the culmination of the Spirit of Innovation Awards as the student teams present their products to entrepreneurs, scientists, and industry professionals, and compete for $5,000 Next Step Grants.

[Sunday, April 17, 2011] United Space Alliance announced today tha the company will implement a major workforce reduction in late July and early August due to the completion of tasks related to day-to-day operations of the Shuttle fleet.

[Sunday, April 17, 2011] Exactly who uses Landsat satellite imagery and what value do they derive from the information? In the first study of its kind, U.S. Geological Survey investigators surveyed a broad cross section of Landsat users to answer such questions.

[Sunday, April 17, 2011] The NASA Make Challenge is an invitation for makers to participate in the exploration of space and give students an opportunity to build an experimental kit that can be flown on a future space flight.

[Monday, April 18, 2011] As part of the NASA Open Government plan released on April 7,201 0, NASA announced more than 150 milestones related to integrating Open Government into the agencies programs and projects.

[Monday, April 18, 2011] NASA will host a media teleconference at 4:30 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 18, to announce awards for the second round of the Commercial Crew Development (CCDev2) effort.

[Monday, April 18, 2011] Each company will receive between $22 million and $92.3 million to advance commercial crew space transportation system concepts and mature the design and development of elements of their systems, such as launch vehicles and spacecraft.

[Monday, April 18, 2011] Boeing has been selected for the second round of NASA's CCDev program. Under a $92.3 million CCDev-2 contract, the company will further mitigate program risk and mature the system design of its Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft.

[Monday, April 18, 2011] The Federation Congratulates NASA's Efforts to Restore US Crew Transportation Capability Following Retirement of the Space Shuttle and Decrease Reliance on Russian Soyuz

[Monday, April 18, 2011] On March 25, 2011, along with other senior officials of NASA, I met with the Participant Evaluation Panel (PEP] appointed to evaluate proposals submitted in response to the CCDev 2 Announcement (Announcement Number NASA-CCDev-2).

[Tuesday, April 19, 2011] Blue Origin is developing a Crew Transportation System, comprised of a Space Vehicle (SV) launched first on an Atlas V launch vehicle and then on Blue Origin's own Reusable Booster System (RES).

[Tuesday, April 19, 2011] Moon Express Inc., a privately funded lunar transportation and data services company, and CrowdOptic, a revolutionary new technology that places text "captions" on objects in real time while they're in motion.

[Tuesday, April 19, 2011] NASA has released its fiscal year 2010 scorecard on sustainability and energy performance. The agency exceeded the 5 percent target on renewable energy use for federal agencies last year.

[Wednesday, April 20, 2011] NASA has selected 27 small business proposals that address critical research and technology needs for agency programs and projects for final contract negotiations.

[Wednesday, April 20, 2011] NASA has awarded Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) $75 million to develop a revolutionary launch escape system that will enable the company's Dragon spacecraft to carry astronauts.

[Thursday, April 21, 2011] The National Science Foundation (NSF) today announced the awardees who will be funded through the collaborative cloud computing agreement that Microsoft Corp. and NSF announced in February 2010.

[Friday, April 22, 2011] [Friday], an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, Yahsat Y1A and Intelsat New Dawn, into their planned transfer orbits.

[Saturday, April 23, 2011] Intelsat S.A, the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, announced today that Arianespace successfully launched the Intelsat New Dawn satellite.

[Monday, April 25, 2011] Young innovators from across America are invited to solve the challenges of the 21st century by creating breakthrough technologies at the Conrad Foundation's 2011 Innovation Summit. The Summit will be held at NASA's Ames Research Center.

[Wednesday, April 27, 2011] This document is for information and planning purposes and to allow industry the opportunity to verify reasonableness and feasibility of the requirement, as well as promote competition

[Wednesday, April 27, 2011] NASA will host a media briefing at 11 a.m. EDT Thursday, April 28, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to highlight the four companies selected for the second round of the agency's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev2) efforts.

[Wednesday, April 27, 2011] As President Obama and Americans nationwide honor the historic accomplishments of the retiring Space Shuttle, an exciting new era of commercial spaceflight is being readied.

[Thursday, April 28, 2011] Three prototype Cornell-developed, fingernail-sized satellites -- collecting the solar wind's chemistry, radiation and particle-impact data -- will be mounted on the International Space Station.

[Thursday, April 28, 2011] More than 120 representatives from industry and government recently attended the first meeting of the Hosted Payload Alliance (HPA), an organization formed earlier this year to advance the use of hosted payloads on commercial satellites

[Thursday, April 28, 2011] Please join Eric Anderson and Richard Garriott as they outline the future of private exploration and announce new developments regarding the company's circumlunar mission.

[Friday, April 29, 2011] The workshop purpose is to introduce the Commercial Crew Program's requirement set and to discuss the key features of each of the documents.