President Obama signed several bills into law today (November 25) including the FY2016 National Defense Authorization (NDAA) and the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act. On a day when many Americans …
A panel of space policy experts told the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Thursday that NASA has an important role to play in the future, but one different from its …
Here is our list of upcoming space policy events. This edition covers two weeks instead of one since the coming week includes the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday and not much is …
NASA today formally placed its first order with SpaceX for a commercial crew mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The date for the launch, and whether SpaceX or Boeing …
United Launch Alliance (ULA) President Tory Bruno announced yesterday that the Atlas V rocket will be equipped with a system capable of taking 24 cubesats into orbit at once as …
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) recommends in its most recent report, released today, that the U.S. government review items on the State Department’s Munitions List and the …
UPDATE, November 25, 2015: The President signed the bill into law today. ORIGINAL STORY, November 16, 2015: The compromise version of new commercial space legislation passed the House this evening, …
Here is our list of space policy events for the week of November 16-20, 2015 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session …
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said at a campaign event today that while he loves what NASA represents, other problems — like fixing potholes — need to be fixed first. …
UPDATED November 11, with link to text of bill. ORIGINAL STORY, November 10, 2015: The Senate just passed the compromise version of commercial space legislation that merges Senate- and House-passed …