Orbital Sciences Corporation confirmed via Twitter a story published by Aviation Week & Space Technology that it has chosen a different Russian engine, RD-181, for its Antares rocket. The last Antares …
The NASA Mars Curiosity science team revealed today that the rover’s instruments detected an unexplained spike in atmospheric methane concentrations about this time last year. One source — but not …
Virgin Galactic announced today that Richard DalBello will join the company as Vice President of Business Development and Government Relations. DalBello is currently assistant director for aeronautics and space at …
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued its third annual congressionally-required assessment of the status of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) today warning that the project’s schedule is at risk particularly …
Here is our list of space policy-related events for the rest of 2014 as the holidays approach. This edition covers December 15-31, 2014. The Senate will be in session tomorrow, …
This afternoon the Senate agreed to the second short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the government open through Wednesday, December 17, after a morning of high stakes drama where the …
Update: Links to the text of the bill and joint explanatory statements for CJS (NASA and NOAA) and Defense have been added. The Senate just passed the Consolidated and Further …
Hope that the Senate could expeditiously pass the FY2015 “cromnibus” appropriations bill faded today and the House passed another short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) that would keep the government operating through …
Virginia’s two Senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, issued a press release yesterday touting $20 million included in the FY2015 “cromnibus” spending bill that just cleared the House. The money is …
A hearing before the Space Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology (SS&T) Committee on the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft yesterday covered familiar ground, especially Republican …