What's Happening in Space Policy May 25-June 5, 2015
Here is our list of space policy events for the new TWO weeks, May 25-June 5, 2015 and any insight we can offer about them. Congress is in recess this …
House Passes Commercial Space Bill
The House passed the Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (SPACE) Act, H.R. 2262, today after a two-hour debate. An amendment by Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) to replace the language …
Commercial Space Legislation Clears Senate Committee, Set for Vote in House Tomorrow – UPDATE
Bipartisan legislation affecting commercial space activities cleared the Senate Commerce Committee this morning. The House is scheduled to debate its own commercial space bill on the floor tomorrow, May 21, …
House Appropriators Set to Cut NASA Earth Science, NOAA Weather Sat Follow On – UPDATE
UPDATE, May 20, 2015, 2:45 pm ET: The committee approved the bill today on a voice vote without adopting any amendments related to NASA or to NOAA satellite activities. ORIGINAL …
X-37B Ready For Its Fourth Flight – UPDATE 2
UPDATE, May 20, 2015, 11:15 am ET: The X-37B and its accompanying payloads lifted off on time at 11:05 am ET. UPDATE, May 20, 2015, 4:45 am ET: ULA has …
Bolden: "If We Don't Pull Together, We're Not Going to Mars"
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden made an impassioned plea today for Congress and the White House to work together or the goal of sending humans to Mars will never be realized. …
Newman Begins Tenure as NASA Deputy Administrator
Dava Newman was sworn in as Deputy Administrator of NASA on Friday and began work at the agency today. Newman was confirmed by the Senate on April 27, about six …
Russia Update: Progress M-27M Unresolved, ISS Reboost Works, Inmarsat5F3 Delayed
Russia finally got some good news last night (EDT) when a second try at reboosting the International Space Station (ISS) succeeded. At the same time, however, the ripple effects of …
Komarov to Head Proton Failure Investigation, Second Try For ISS Reboost Tonight EDT
Russia is moving forward in its attempts to understand and remedy the two setbacks it suffered yesterday — the failure of Progress M-26M to boost the International Space Station’s (ISS’s) …
What's Happening in Space Policy May 18-24, 2015
Here is our list of space policy events for the week of May 18-24, 2015 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session …