The Senate passed the FY2017 omnibus appropriations bill today. President Trump is expected to sign it into law before midnight tomorrow. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) won praise from Senate Minority …
Congress is making progress on passing the final FY2017 omnibus appropriations bill as well as legislation to clarify federal responsibilities for space weather research and forecasting. Today, the House passed …
Over the weekend, congressional leaders agreed on a final FY2017 omnibus appropriations bill. NASA would be funded at $19.653 billion, a substantial increase over the amount requested last year by …
NOAA’s Polar Follow On (PFO) program to build the third and fourth Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) weather spacecraft is the only satellite program that will be cut substantially in …
Here is our list of space policy events for the week of May 1-6, 2017 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session …
In response to a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released today, the head of NASA’s human exploration program agreed with GAO’s conclusion that Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1), the …
NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report today assessing NASA’s management of its existing spacesuits and development of new models. It expressed concern about Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) …
During a telephone call with NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) today, President Donald Trump stressed the goal of getting kids interested in STEM education, but he also …
Here is our list of space policy events for the week of April 23-28, 2017 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session …
China successfully launched its Tianzhou-1 space station cargo resupply spacecraft today. If all goes according to plan, it will rendezvous and dock with the Tiangong-2 space station three times and …