The House Appropriations Committee released the new Continuing Resolution (CR) tonight that will keep the government operating after Friday, when the existing CR expires. The new CR will fund the …
Here is our list of space policy events for the week of December 5-9, 2016 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session …
Next month, the United States will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the loss of the Apollo 1 crew when fire erupted in their Apollo capsule during a pre-launch test. More …
Russia’s Progress MS-04 robotic cargo spacecraft, which was headed to the International Space Station (ISS), failed to reach orbit today. An anomaly occurred during the burn of the rocket’s third …
The Trump transition team named the first member of its “landing party” for NASA today — Chris Shank. Shank was part of the leadership team at NASA while Mike Griffin …
Senate and House negotiators reportedly are close to agreement on a final version of a FY2017 NASA authorization act. Senate floor action on a draft compromise bill could come as …
The chairmen of the House Science, Space, and Technology (SS&T) Committee and its Space Subcommittee want NASA to provide documentation to underpin recent agency statements implying that its scientific advisors …
Here is our list of space policy events for the week of November 28 – December 2, 2016 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate …
The European Space Agency (ESA) said today that erroneous data from an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) doomed its Schiaparelli Mars lander last month. The bad data convinced onboard systems that …
Here is our list of space policy events for the week of November 21-25, 2016 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are not in …