Senate Appropriations CJS Subcommittee Approves Less than Requested for NASA-UPDATE

Senate Appropriations CJS Subcommittee Approves Less than Requested for NASA-UPDATE

Updated with reaction from Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL). The Senate Appropriations Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee, led by two of NASA’s strongest congressional supporters, approved a FY2016 CJS bill today with less …

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Jason-3 Launch Delayed Due To Thruster Contamination

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 …

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Progress M-27M Failure Caused by "Design Peculiarity"

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 …

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