President Obama submitted his FY2017 budget request, the last of his administration, to Congress today. NASA characterizes its request as $19 billion, although the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) …
President Obama’s FY2017 budget request includes $19.8 million for the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) as well as funding elsewhere within the FAA for commercial space transportation-related activities. …
NASA’s Bill Gerstenmaier said on Wednesday (February 3) that the key to successful commercialization of low Earth orbit (LEO) is for the space industry to become more innovative and nimble. …
The United Nations Security Council “strongly condemned” North Korea’s satellite launch, which it views as a ballistic missile test that violates two existing UN resolutions. It vowed to expeditiously adopt …
Here is our list of space policy events for the week of February 7-12, 2016 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session …
North Korea launched a satellite this evening (February 6) Eastern Standard Time (EST). It had notified the United Nations of its upcoming launch. The launch, aboard an Unha-3 rocket, took …
A House hearing yesterday (February 3) underscored the dilemma facing NASA as it looks ahead to the future of its human spaceflight program while facing a presidential transition less than …
The head of the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) and a key Member of Congress are making the case for expanding AST’s regulatory responsibilities to include much more …
Here is our list of space policy related events for the week of February 1-5, 2016 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in …
Today is NASA’s annual Day of Remembrance in honor of the astronauts who lost their lives in performance of their duties. The day honors all of them — particularly the …