SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said during a press conference this afternoon that early data indicate that the cause of the Falcon 9 launch failure today was due to pressurization issues …
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 …
Here is our list of space policy events for the week of June 29-July 3, 2015. Congress is in recess this week for the July 4 holiday. During the Week …
UPDATE, June 28, 2015: The Falcon 9 rocket failed 2:19 minutes after launch. SpaceX and NASA are investigating. ORIGINAL STORY, June 27, 2015. SpaceX will make a third try to …
During recent meetings with Chinese officials, Secretary of State John Kerry agreed to establish a “U.S.-China Civil Space Cooperation Dialogue.” A State Department spokesman says the first meeting will be …
The Director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division, Jim Green, announced today that NASA will hold a workshop in October where planetary scientists, technologists and human spaceflight experts can propose landing …
UPDATE: Friday’s House SS&T hearing on astrobiology has been postponed. Friday’s HASC subcommittee hearing on RD-180 is now at 9:00 am rather than 10:30 am ET. Here is our list …
The German Research Center (DLR) announced today that Pascale Ehrenfreund will replace Johann-Dietrich Wörner as Chair of its Executive Board. Wörner is about to become Director General of the European …
The Senate passed the FY2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) today despite the threat of a Presidential veto. Shortly thereafter, however, the Senate Republican leadership was blocked in an attempt …
A mission to send a spacecraft to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa that owes its existence to an alliance between a few planetary scientists and Washington politicians moved from concept review …