What's Happening in Space Policy June 8-12, 2015-UPDATE
UPDATE: The Planetary Society’s telepresser on Wednesday re LightSail has been added. Here is our list of space policy events for the week of June 8-12, 2015 and any insight …
House Approves Small Boost for FAA Space Office – UPDATE
UPDATE, June 10, 2015: The House passed the T-HUD bill on June 9, with this modest increase included. The bill passed by a narrow margin, 216-210. ORIGINAL STORY, June 4, …
House Debates and Passes FY2016 Funding Bill for NASA, NOAA
This article is updated throughout to integrate the congressional action on June 2 and June 3. The House of Representatives passed the FY2016 Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) appropriations bill (H.R. 2578) on …
Jason-3 Launch Delayed Due To Thruster Contamination
Launch of the U.S.-European Jason-3 ocean altimetry satellite has been postponed because contamination was found in one of the spacecraft’s four thrusters. Launch was scheduled for July 22. A new …
Progress M-27M Failure Caused by "Design Peculiarity"
Russia’s space agency Roscosmos today revealed the results of its investigation into the April 28, 2015 Progress M-27M cargo ship launch failure. A “design peculiarity” related to frequency-dynamic characteristics between …
What's Happening in Space Policy June 1-5, 2015
Here is our list of space policy related events for the week of June 1-5, 2015 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in …
Proton-M Failure Due to Same Design Flaw that Doomed 1988 Mission
Russian authorities investigating the May 16, 2015 Proton-M rocket failure have determined that the root cause was a design flaw in the turbopump for the third stage steering engine and …
Orbital ATK's New Antares on Track for March 2016 Launch
Orbital ATK President David Thompson said today that the new version of its Antares rocket is on track for a first launch in March 2016. The new version will use …
NASA Orders First Commercial Crew Rotation Flight from Boeing
NASA announced today that it has ordered its first commercial International Space Station (ISS) crew rotation mission from Boeing. Boeing is building the CST-100 capsule under NASA’s Commercial Crew Transportation …
Russians Understand Proton-M Failure, But Not Progress M-27M
The Russian State Commission investigating the May 16, 2015 Proton-M failure will make its report to the government on Friday, May 29. Although the results are not official yet, human …