In a press conference following the failed launch attempt of Mexico’s MexSat-1 on Saturday, leaders of Mexico’s Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT) celebrated the government’s foresight in acquiring comprehensive …
Russia’s space program suffered two more failures in the past day. First, the engines of a Progress cargo spacecraft attached to the International Space Station (ISS) did not fire when …
Russian space experts continue to try to determine exactly what went wrong when Progress M-27M and its Soyuz 2.1a rocket separated on April 28. Telemetry data reportedly are not enough …
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) completed markup of its version of the FY2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) today. Most of the subcommittee markups, including that of the Strategic …
UPDATE, May 20, 2015: The Senate Commerce Committee approved the bill, as amended, today. The amendments are posted on the committee’s website. ORIGINAL STORY, May 14, 2015: A …
UPDATE, MAY 14, 2015: The subcommittee approved the draft bill today on a voice vote with no amendments. The next step is full committee markup. No date was announced. ORIGINAL …
The House Science, Space and Technology (SS&T) Committee approved four commercial space bills today after lengthy debate largely along partisan lines. Thirteen amendments were offered to the main bill, the …
NASA and its partners in the International Space Station (ISS) program decided today to extend the mission of three ISS crew members who were supposed to return to Earth tomorrow …
UPDATE, May 13, 2015: The full committee approved the bill today with no changes to the FAA space office funding. ORIGINAL STORY, May 12, 2015: The full House Appropriations Committee …
UPDATE, May 13, 2015: Senator Cruz issued a press statement today that includes expressions of support for the bill from a variety of commercial space industry companies and organizations. ORIGINAL …