What's Happening in Space Policy April 26-May 2, 2015
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 …
House SS&T To Markup New NASA Authorization Bill Next Week – UPDATE
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 …
NASA May Get New Deputy Administrator Next Week
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 Unveils Breathtaking Image to Mark Hubble's Anniversary
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 …
HASC Subcommittee Proposes Changes to RD-180 Restrictions Among Multiple Other Space Issues – UPDATE
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 Pad Abort Test Set for NET May 5
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 …
What's Happening in Space Policy April 20-25, 2015
Here is our list of space policy related events for the week of April 20-25, 2015 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in …
Musk: Falcon 9 Landing Failure Due to Throttle Valve Response
SpaceX founder and chief designer Elon Musk tweeted this evening that the failure of the Falcon 9 first stage to land successfully on a drone ship was due to a …
Bolden Defends ARM, Earth Science, American Preeminence at House Hearing
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden spent two hours this morning defending the Obama Administration’s FY2016 budget request for the agency before a House subcommittee. Perhaps the most contentious moment came during …
Senate Appropriators Unhappy with NASA FY2016 Budget Request
Hours after defending the President’s FY2016 budget request before a House subcommittee, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden was in front of a Senate subcommittee with the same task – convincing skeptical …