Still Time for a NASA Authorization Bill This Year? – UPDATE
UPDATE, September 15: The Senate Commerce Committee will markup the Senate version of a FY2017 NASA authorization bill on September 21 at 10:00 am ET. Original Story, September 13, 2016: …
What's Happening in Space Policy September 12-16, 2016 – UPDATE
Here is our list of space policy events for the week of September 12-16, 2016 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session. …
Musk: "Most Difficult and Complex Failure We Have Seen"
In a series of tweets this morning, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk provided a brief update of the company’s investigation into the explosion last week that destroyed a Falcon …
DOT Tells Congress It Can Handle Releasing SSA Data to CFEs if Authorized and Funded
A new report to Congress from the Department of Transportation (DOT) concludes that it is feasible for a civil agency like DOT to take over responsibility from DOD for providing …
NASA Asteroid Sample Return Mission OSIRIS-REx on Its Way to Bennu
NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL on time at 7:05 pm ET. Its Atlas V/Centaur rocket performed perfectly, sending …
Three ISS Crew Members Safely Return to Earth
Three International Space Station (ISS) crew members safely returned to Earth tonight (Eastern Daylight Time). They and their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan at approximately 9:14 pm EDT (7:14 …
China Readies New Space Station, New Heavy Lift Rocket for September Launches
China is getting ready to launch a new small space station, Tiangong-2, and its new Long March 5 heavy lift rocket this month. Tiangong-2 will be launched by the venerable …
Philae Comet Lander Located — Just in Nick of Time
The European Space Agency (ESA) exuberantly announced today that imagery from a camera aboard its Rosetta spacecraft has finally located the Philae lander on the surface of Comet 67P. After …
NASA-Goddard's Hartman, Gilbert Among 2016 WIA Award Winners
Women in Aerospace (WIA) has announced the winners of its 2016 awards. Among the six women being honored are Colleen Hartman and Holly Gilbert from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. …
What's Happening in Space Policy September 5-9, 2016
Here is our list of space policy events for the week of September 5-9, 2016 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate return to work …