What's Happening in Space Policy January 19-23, 2015 – UPDATE 2
UPDATE, January 20: New House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Mac Thornberry will lay out his agenda for the 114th Congress at 10:00 am ET this morning (Monday) to the …
Beagle Found on Mars, SpaceX Crash Video, and Other Highlights from Today
Today has been a busy day, with many interesting announcements from around the globe ranging from locating Europe’s Beagle-2 lander on Mars to SpaceX’s release of video of its Falcon …
GAO Warns on Schedule Risks for NOAA's Polar and GEO Weather Satellites
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a pair of reports today on NOAA’s two new weather satellite programs — the polar orbiting JPSS and the geostationary GOES-R series — warning …
Cruz Lays Out Space Agenda, First Up is CSLA
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) laid out his agenda on space issues today, issuing the transcript of an interview with the Houston Chronicle’s Eric Berger as a press release. Cruz is …
False Alarm Sends USOS ISS Crewmembers to Russian Segment
What turned out to be a malfunctioning data relay caused the three International Space Station (ISS) crew members who spend most of their time in the U.S. Orbital Segment (USOS) …
Can Ted Cruz Really Derail NASA Climate Science Research?
Much is being made of Senator Ted Cruz’s ascension to chairmanship of a Senate subcommittee that oversees NASA and a few other government science and technology programs. Cruz critics postulate …
What's Happening in Space Policy January 12-16, 2015
Here is our list of space policy events for the week of January 12-16, 2015 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session …
SpaceX CRS-5 Launch Successful; Landing "Close But No Cigar" – UPDATE
SpaceX founder and Chief Designer Elon Musk reported early this morning (January 10) that the landing of his Falcon 9 first stage on a drone ship did not go as …
SpaceX CRS-5 Still on for Early Saturday Morning
As of 10:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) tonight, January 9, SpaceX’s fifth operational cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is still on schedule for launch at …
Virgin Galactic Determined to Persevere and Succeed
Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides made clear today that the company remains committed to its goal of opening space for all both with suborbital flights of passengers and launches of …