Vacuum Leaks Delay Launch of NASA's InSight Mars Mission
NASA’s next mission to Mars was scheduled to launch in March 2016, but the agency and its French counterpart, CNES, announced today that it will not be ready. Spacecraft can …
Spacewalk Succeeds in Getting ISS Ready for New Version of Russian Cargo Craft – UPDATE
A hastily planned spacewalk by two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) went smoothly today, getting the ISS ready for the docking of a new version of Russia’s …
SpaceX Falcon 9 Returns to Duty, Delivers Satellites, Lands Safely
SpaceX achieved three significant objectives tonight: the return to flight of its Falcon 9 rocket, the successful delivery of 11 ORBCOMM OG-2 communications satellites to orbit, and a historic landing …
NASA Will Proceed with Unexpected Spacewalk on Monday
NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) Mission Management Team decided today to proceed with an unexpected spacewalk tomorrow (Monday). It will begin at 8:10 am ET. NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and …
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 …