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 …
Mexican Telecom Authorities Undeterred Despite MexSat-1 Loss
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 …
Two More Failures in One Day Bedevil Russian Space Program-UPDATED
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 …
Cause of Progress M-27M Failure Remains Elusive
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 …
SASC Completes Markup: Digs in on Replacing RD-180, Not Convinced About DMSP-20
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 …