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First the Russians will deliver the Mini-Research Module 2, followed by a Nov. 16 NASA launch of the space shuttle Atlantis. With only six space shuttle missions remaining to the International Space Station, NASA is focusing on getting a supply of spare parts to the ISS.
Space Debris Threatens Space Station
NASA alerts the International Space Station's crew to approaching Russian Cosmos space debris that might force astronauts to sleep in Soyuz module.
Lawmakers Finish Draft Universal Service Fund Reform
New legislation would allow Universal Service Fund to be used for broadband deployment, expanding the USF from its traditional use as fund to subsidize phone service in under-served and rural areas and Internet connections in schools and libraries.
Secret IP Treaty Proposal Rubs Tech Wrong
The negotiations over the International Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement that concluded another round this week in Seoul, South Korea, prompts watchdog groups to complain to President Obama about Hollywood's influence over the talks and the lack of transparency surrounding the entire negotiations.
Suit Puts Spotlight on Dell-Intel Relationship
A lawsuit filed by New York prosecutors alleges that Intel, worried about the competitive threat posed by rival AMD, focused incentives and threats on Dell, which prosecutors say received about $6 billion in payments from Intel between 2002 and 2007. The money was used to keep Dell from launching products based on AMD's processors, according to the lawsuit. Intel officials say the payments were legitimate rebates paid to a large customer.
Ex-HP CEO Fiorina Makes Senate Bid Official
Former HP boss Carly Fiorina is joining ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman as one-time tech executives seeking public office in California. Fiorina, a Republican, will challenge three-term incumbent Barbara Boxer in 2010. Fiorina, who left HP in 2006, said job creation, government spending and health care will be top issues for her campaign.She also addressed her spotty voting record, saying she was wrong not to participate in the political process.
Einstein Still Rules Despite New Theories
NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope is giving scientists an increasingly detailed look at the extreme universe, including rare experimental evidence about the very structure of space and time. Despite the many new theories of space-time, Albert Einstein's original theory is still standing.
NASA's Ares I-X Completes Maiden Flight
Hamstrung by weather delays, NASA finally lights the match blasting the Ares I-X on its first test flight. The Ares I-X is the first new rocket to be launched by the space agency in the nearly 30 years since the space shuttle Columbia made its maiden voyage in 1981.
Weather Delays NASA's Test Launch
Foul weather and a wayward cargo ship conspire to force NASA to delay the first test launch of the Ares I-X rocket, currently scheduled to become NASA's primary launch vehicle after the space shuttle is retired at the end of next year. NASA is now shooting for an Oct. 28 launch.
NASA Sets Critical Launch of Untested Rocket
The space agency's next-generation rocket gets its first test launch Oct. 27 from Kennedy Space Center. The Ares I-X rocket is designed to launch the Orion spacecrafts into space for low-orbit flights to the International Space Station and, eventually, the moon as NASA phases out the space shuttle fleet by the end of next year.
NASA Space Funding Reaches Critical Tipping Point
With the submission of the final findings of the U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, NASA and lawmakers determining the agency's budget face several critical questions but none so much as funding.
McCain Moves Against Net Neutrality Rules
The Arizona Republican introduces legislation to block the Federal Communications Commission from imposing further network neutrality rules on broadband carriers.
FCC Votes to Consider Expanded Net Neutrality Rules
Marking a significant policy shift by the Federal Communications Commission, the agency votes to begin consideration of expanded and codified network neutrality rules that Democratic FCC commissioners say will preserve an open Internet.
Verizon Says Net Neutrality Is a Mistake, Pure and Simple
With the Federal Communications Commission poised to approve expanding and codifying the FCC network neutrality principles Oct. 22, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg blasts the proposal at a Supercomm session.
ATandT Urges Employees to Fight Net Neutrality
In the latest turn in the ever escalating war of words over network neutrality, a top AT T executive urges company employees to flood the Federal Communications Commission site with letters opposing any new network neutrality rules. Talking points were conveniently provided.
Astronomers Find 32 New Exoplanets
European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere announces new exoplanets -- planets that exist outside Earth's solar system -- findings that dramatically increases the number of exoplanets by 30 percent.
NASA Finds Evidence of Plume from Lunar Probes
A week after smashing two probes into the moon, NASA says early data returns are tantalizing and even reveal traces of an impact plume. A worldwide audience was disappointed when the Oct. 9 bombing of the moon failed to produce what NASA had said would be a 6-mile-high plume of dirt and debris.
FCC Study: Open Access Spurs Broadband Growth
Nations that have exceeded the United States in a number of broadband metrics embraced a policy of open access for competitors to traditional carriers. Open access was originally a policy objective of the 1996 Telecommunications Act but the FCC abandoned the idea when the United States began transitioning from dial-up to broadband.
GOP Turns Up Heat to Block Network Neutrality
With the Federal Communications Commission voting as early as this month on Chairman Julius Genachowski's plan to expand and codify the agency's network neutrality principles, House Republicans seek to delay the vote as long as possible. In the Senate, Republicans may introduce legislation to block any new network neutrality rules.
FTC Declares Bloggers Must Disclose Paid Endorsements
The Federal Trade Commission revises rules for advertisers on how to keep their endorsement and testimonial ads in line with the FTC Act and for the first time requires bloggers to disclose any material connections they share with the seller of the product or service.