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 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 …
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 …
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 …
The Air Force certified SpaceX to launch national security satellites today. The long-anticipated certification makes the company eligible to compete against the United Launch Alliance (ULA), which has held a …
NASA announced the winners of the science instrument selection process for its mission to study Jupiter’s moon Europa today (May 26, 2015). NASA officials said the mission “must” determine if …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …