UPDATE, December 11, 2015: Soyuz TMA-17M landed successfully, although weather conditions at the landing site were very poor and confirmation of landing did not occur until many minutes after the …
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) used Canada’s robotic Canadarm2 to capture Orbital ATK’s Cygnus capsule at 6:19 am Eastern Standard Time this morning. It will be installed onto …
House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) today introduced a Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the government operating for 5 more days past the Friday deadline when the current CR expires. …
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe today expressed his support for extending operations of the International Space Station (ISS) through 2024. President Obama just signed legislation codifying his pronouncement last year …
At first, Russia praised the launch of a Soyuz 2.1v rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Saturday, only the second for this version of Soyuz. It soon became apparent, however, …
NASA officials told the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) that early plans for testing the Orion spacecraft and astronaut crews in cis-lunar space include a “shakedown” cruise where a crew would …
On Thursday, PlanetIQ announced that it signed a contract with India’s Antrix, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), to launch the company’s first two microsatellites in …
After three weather-related delays, Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft was successfully launched today (Sunday) aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. Liftoff was at 4:44:57 pm Eastern Standard Time …
Here is our list of space policy related events for the coming week — and weekend, since there’s an interesting symposium on Saturday — of December 7-13, 2015 and any …
President Obama signed legislation yesterday (December 3) that reauthorizes the Export-Import Bank. The Bank has not been able to issue new loans to foreign customers seeking to buy U.S. goods …