Congress Passes Another CR as Votes Await on Full Year Omnibus Bill – UPDATE

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 …

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FAA Space Office Gets Partial Increase While COMSTAC Recommends Increased Scope

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 …

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NASA Gets Big Boost in Final FY2016 Appropriations Bill

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) …

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First UK Government Astronaut Set to Launch as UK Releases National Space Policy – UPDATE 2

First UK Government Astronaut Set to Launch as UK Releases National Space Policy – UPDATE 2

UPDATE, December 15, 2015, 8:50 pm EST:  The crew successfully docked with ISS a bit later than expected because of a problem with the Kurs automated docking system.  Soyuz TMA-19M …

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Asteroid Bill Authors Open to International Discussions, But Not Regulatory "Yoke"

Asteroid Bill Authors Open to International Discussions, But Not Regulatory "Yoke"

A key Member of Congress and two congressional staff expounded on congressional intent in the recently enacted commercial space law at a space law and policy conference in Washington, D.C. …

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