Russia launched a robotic cargo spacecraft, Progress M-27M, to the International Space Station (ISS) this morning. Progress spacecraft routinely take food, fuel and other supplies to the ISS crews several …
Russian mission controllers continue to try to regain command of the Progress M-27M spacecraft that is spinning uncontrollably in low Earth orbit following a mishap earlier today. An attempt this …
Today the Senate confirmed Dava Newman’s nomination to be the next Deputy Administrator of NASA. The vote was 87-0. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who chairs the Senate Commerce, Science, and …
The NASA authorization bill for 2016 and 2017 that will be marked up by the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee on Thursday would make deep cuts to NASA’s earth …
This week’s space policy related events begin today (Sunday) with many more coming up for the week of April 26-May 2, 2015. The House and Senate are in session. During …
Update: The committee has posted a summary of the bill on its website. The House Science, Space and Technology (SS&T) Committee will mark up a new NASA authorization bill for …
Senate Democrats announced today that agreement has been reached for the Senate to consider Dava Newman’s nomination to be NASA Deputy Administrator on Monday, April 27. Newman would replace Lori …
NASA unveiled today the image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope that it chose to serve as the official commemoration of Hubble’s 25th Anniversary. The image is of a giant …
UPDATE: The subcommittee approved the draft on April 23 with a few amendments. The only one related to space was offered by Rep. Lamborn (R-CO) as part of an en-bloc …
SpaceX is planning to conduct a much-anticipated pad abort test on May 5, 2015 as part of its development of a crew version of its Dragon capsule. There is a …