SpaceX Postpones Falcon 9 Launch/Landing to Monday
SpaceX has decided to postpone one day, until Monday, its Falcon 9 return-to-flight launch of 11 ORBCOMM OG2 communications satellites and its historic attempt to land the rocket’s first stage …
What's Happening in Space Policy December 21-31, 2015
Here is our list of space policy events for the next TWO weeks, December 21-31, 2015. Congress has finished its work for the year and is in recess. During the …
SpaceX Plans Launch, Landing on Sunday – UPDATED
SpaceX will not only attempt its return-to-flight launch of Falcon 9 tomorrow night (Sunday), but to return its first stage to a landing back at Cape Canaveral, FL. This will …
FY2016 Omnibus Appropriations Bill Clears Congress, Signed by President
The House and Senate passed the final version of the FY2016 appropriations bill today and it was quickly signed into law by President Obama. Government agencies are now funded through …
SpaceX Aiming for Sunday Return to Flight After Successful Static Fire Test
SpaceX is now aiming at a Sunday launch of its Falcon 9 rocket following a successful static fire test today. The test took place two days later than planned and …
Stuck Mobile Transporter Necessitates Unplanned ISS Spacewalk
Two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will make an unplanned spacewalk as early as Monday to fix the space station’s mobile transporter, which got stuck on December …
Updated SpacePolicyOnline.com NASA and NOAA Fact Sheets Available
SpacePolicyOnline.com’s fact sheets on the FY2016 budget requests for NASA and NOAA’s satellite programs have been updated to reflect the latest congressional action on the proposed final omnibus appropriations bill. …
Congress Passes Another CR as Votes Await on Full Year Omnibus Bill – UPDATE
The House and Senate quickly passed another short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) today to keep the government operating until Tuesday, December 22. The goal is to pass the full-year omnibus appropriations …
FAA Space Office Gets Partial Increase While COMSTAC Recommends Increased Scope
The FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) will get $17.8 million for FY2016 in the final version of the appropriations bill congressional negotiators agreed to overnight. It is more …
NASA Gets Big Boost in Final FY2016 Appropriations Bill
Congress reached agreement on a FY2016 appropriations bill overnight. NASA will get $19.285 billion, $785 million more than the President’s request and $1.285 billion more than FY2015. Division B (Commerce-Justice-Science) …