Reentry Update for Progress M-27M – LATEST UPDATE
UPDATE, May 7, 2015, 8:30 pm EDT: Aerospace Corp’s latest prediction is May 8 02:41 UTC ±2 hrs. Subtract 4 for EDT. Its groundtrack is: Source: Aerospace Corporation UPDATE, May …
Progress M-27M Expected to Reenter Wednesday or Thursday EDT
Russia’s failed Progress M-27M cargo spacecraft is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday or Thursday Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said today. Launched on April 28 …
SpaceX Pad Abort Test Lifts Off Successfully-UPDATED WITH VIDEO
The pad abort test for SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft lifted off on time at 9:00 am ET this morning at Cape Canaveral, FL. The test is related to readying the crew …
SpaceX Pad Abort Test Still On For Wednesday-UPDATE
UPDATE, May 5, 10:15 pm ET: NASA and Space X announced this evening that the launch window will open at 9:00 am ET instead of 7:00 am ET and close …
SASC Unhappy With Slow Air Force Progress on RD-180 Replacement
Key members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) left no doubt at a recent hearing about their dissatisfaction with the Air Force’s slow progress in building a replacement for …
House To Take Up Defense, Weather, Commercial Space Bills This Month
In a letter to House Republicans yesterday, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) laid out a packed agenda of national security and “innovation” bills that the House will debate and vote …
What's Happening in Space Policy May 4-8, 2015
Here is our list of space policy events for the week of May 4-8, 2015 and any insight we can offer about them. The Senate is in session this week. …
Newman To Be Sworn in As NASA Deputy Administrator in Mid-May
Dava Newman will be sworn in as NASA’s next Deputy Administrator in mid-May according to a NASA spokesperson. Allison Kelly of NASA’s Office of Communications told SpacePolicyOnline.com via email that …
White House: House NASA Bill Would Do Serious Damage To Space Program
A day after the House Science, Space, and Technology (SS&T) Committee approved a NASA authorization bill for 2016 and 2017 with deep cuts to certain NASA programs, the White House …
HASC Approves FY2016 NDAA
After 18 hours of debate, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) adopted the FY2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) as amended during its deliberations. For space programs, little changed from …