Ted Cruz and Star Trek
While not the same type of space policy pronouncements made by other presidential contenders, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) expounded on his views of the fictional Captains James …
Soyuz TMA-17M Scheduled to Dock On Time Despite Stuck Solar Panel-UPDATE
UPDATE, July 23: Later reports said the solar array deployed just before docking, not at docking. UPDATE, July 22, 2015 11:01 pm EDT: Soyuz TMA-17M docked with the ISS as …
Failed Strut Likely Cause of Falcon 9 Failure, But Investigation Continues
SpaceX’s Elon Musk told reporters during a media teleconference that preliminary conclusions point to an upper stage strut that “broke free” as the likely cause of the Falcon 9 failure …
GAO Denies Ball's JPSS Bid Protest, Orbital ATK Resumes Work – UPDATE
UPDATE, July 28, 2015: GAO has now released the full text of its decision. A link is provided below. ORIGINAL STORY, July 21, 2015. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied …
What's Happening in Space Policy July 20-24, 2015
Here is our list of space policy related events for the week of July 20-24, 2015 and any insight we can offer about them. Congress is in session this week. …
Hillary Clinton: "I Really, Really Do Support the Space Program"
Hillary Clinton became the second of the 2016 presidential candidates to offer strong support for the space program. Speaking at a town hall meeting in Dover, NH, today she explained …
Data Reveal Ice Mountains on Pluto
The scientific data being received from the New Horizons spacecraft are giving scientists a lot to think about. Only a small amount has made to back to Earth, but it …
New Horizons Phones Home, Science Data To Come Beginning Tomorrow
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft restored contact with Earth just as planned tonight, sending an “all’s well” signal at 8:52:37 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). New Horizons is the first spacecraft …
Pluto Shows Its Heart in New Image from NASA
The latest image of Pluto taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft shows a heart-shaped feature on the surface. The photo was taken last night and transmitted back to Earth just …
New Horizons Just Hours Away From Closest Approach to "Enchanting" Pluto
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is closing in on Pluto and its five moons after a nine-and-a-half year journey. Alan Stern, principal investigator (PI) for the mission, refers it as the …