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 …
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) are introducing legislation to repeal a provision in the FY2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act that undermines a section of the FY2016 National …
The Washington, D.C. area is slowly recovering from the Snowzilla blizzard and government offices reopen today with a three hour delay. The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC’s) website shows that …
Blue Origin relaunched and relanded the same New Shepard rocket that the company used to demonstrate that feat last November. The rocket reached an altitude of 101.7 kilometers (333,582 feet) …
Here is our list of space policy events for the week of January 25-29, 2016. The House and Senate are scheduled to be in session, but with the blizzard that’s …
The distinction between climate and weather is on stark display right now as NASA and NOAA scientists announce that Earth experienced the warmest year on record in 2015 while at …
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) reports that China will launch a new space station and conduct test flights of two new rockets in 2016. In a statement, …