Joan Johnson-Freese explained to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission today why former Rep. Frank Wolf was wrong to effectively ban all U.S.-China bilateral space cooperation. Wolf retired at …
The head of NOAA’s satellite division downplayed the chances of a gap in coverage by polar orbiting weather satellites at a House committee hearing on Thursday. The Government Accountability Office …
UPDATE, February 18: Friday’s WSBR luncheon has been postponed. Here is our list of space policy related events for the week of February 16-20, 2015 and any insight we can …
The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) spacecraft successfully lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 6:03 pm ET this evening. Once known as Triana, the spacecraft will provide …
Just one day after it was officially introduced, and with no committee action, the House today passed the 2015 NASA Authorization Act, H.R. 810. The bill is virtually identical to …
Orbital Sciences Corporation and Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) completed their merger today. The new company is named Orbital ATK. The “merger of equals” was announced in April 2014. The tax-free, …
UPDATE, February 11, 2015: DSCOVR was successfully launched at 6:03 pm ET. The Falcon 9 first stage landing on the drone ship was not attempted due to high seas, …
UPDATE, February 9: The bill number was assigned today: H.R. 810. ORIGINAL STORY, February 8, 2015: Skipping several steps in the usual legislative process, the House is scheduled to vote …
Here is our list of space policy events for the week of February 9-13, 2015 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session …
Top Republicans and Democrats on the House Science, Space and Technology (SS&T) committee today announced details of a new bipartisan NASA Authorization Act that will be introduced next week. The …