Russia’s TASS news service reports today that the new launch date for Soyuz MS-02 is November 1. The launch had been scheduled for this Friday, September 23, but was postponed …
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will markup a new NASA authorization bill on Wednesday that focuses on the desire to avoid disruption to NASA’s human spaceflight program during …
Here is our list of space policy events for the week of September 19-25, 2016 (through next Sunday) and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate …
Russia’s Roscosmos state space corporation announced today that the launch of Soyuz MS-02, scheduled for Friday, has been postponed for technical reasons. A new launch date will be announced later. …
With growing concern about the vulnerability of U.S. national security space systems, resiliency is the watchword and the military services are looking for alternatives in case space systems are unavailable. …
NOAA made its first two awards today under the Commercial Weather Data Pilot program created by Congress last year. The winners are Spire Global and GeoOptics, both of which will …
Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) used a teleconference meeting of the FAA’s Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC) today to explain why he believes legislation is indeed necessary to ensure that …
UPDATE: September 15. Tiangong 2 was successfully launched on time today. Original Story, September 14, 2016: China officially announced today that it will launch its second small space station, Tiangong-2, …
Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) wants a complete rethinking of the government’s role in regulating new commercial space ventures like asteroid mining. Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) has been championing an expansion …
Blue Origin has announced plans to test a heavy lift rocket, New Glenn, by the end of the decade. It will be more capable than SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, but smaller …