What's Happening in Space Policy July 6-10, 2015
Here is our list of space policy related events for the week of July 6-10, 2015 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in …
NASA Establishes Anomaly Board to Diagnose Problem on Pluto Mission
After nearly 10 years in space and just 10 days away from its closest approach to Pluto, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft experienced an anomaly today (July 4). NASA has already …
Russian Progress Cargo Craft Safely Enroute to ISS – UPDATE
UPDATE, JULY 5, 2015: Progress M-28M successfully docked with the ISS this morning. ORIGINAL STORY, JULY 3, 2015: Russia’s Progress M-28M robotic cargo spacecraft lifted off on time at 12:55:48 …
Shelton Versus McCain on Import of SpaceX Failure
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Gen. William Shelton (Ret.) view the June 28 SpaceX launch failure very differently. In a McCain statement …
SpaceX Still Looking for Cause of Falcon 9 Failure as Russia Readies Next Progress
SpaceX continues to sort through reams of data to determine what happened on June 28 to its Falcon 9 rocket that was to deliver cargo to the International Space Station …
Senate Appropriators Approve More than House But Less Than Request for FAA Space Office
Before leaving for the July 4 recess, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the FY2016 Transportation-HUD (T-HUD) bill that includes funding for the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST). It …
Ex-Im Bank Fades Softly Into the Night, For Now At Least
The authorization for the Export-Import Bank, which gives out loans to U.S. companies trying to do business overseas, ends today. Red flags were waived last fall when its authorization was …
Range Safety Destruct Signal Was Sent To Falcon 9, But Too Late
SpaceX officials confirmed today that although a range safety destruct signal was sent to the Falcon 9 rocket yesterday, it was 70 seconds too late. The “mishap” had already occurred …
Breaking News: SpaceX CRS-7 Launch to ISS Fails
SpaceX’s seventh operational cargo launch to the International Space Station (ISS) ended with an explosion of the Falcon 9 rocket 2:19 minutes into flight today. Anomaly teams are being …
SpaceX CRS-7 Failure — Update
SpaceX and NASA are continuing to investigate this morning’s failure of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. It was launching a robotic Dragon cargo spacecraft full of supplies for the International Space …