The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee today announced who will chair its subcommittees in the 114th Congress. Ted Cruz (R-TX) will chair the subcommittee that oversees NASA, while Marco …
The launch of SpaceX’s fifth operational cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed another day, to January 10, 2015. The launch time for SpaceX CRS-5, or …
SpaceX scrubbed its launch of its fifth operational cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) this morning 81 seconds before launch. The countdown had been proceeding smoothly, but, according …
UPDATE: January 13, 2015: This article was updated to reflect the arrival of the service module in lunar orbit. The service module for China’s lunar sample return test mission last …
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today denied Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC’s) protest of NASA’s September award of two Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCAP) contracts to Boeing and SpaceX. In a …
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) said today that it will continue developing and testing its Dream Chaser spacecraft even though it lost its protest of NASA’s Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCAP) …
The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO’s) decision on Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC’s) protest of the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCAP) contract awards to Boeing and SpaceX is expected tomorrow, January 5, …
Here is our list of space policy related events coming up for the first week-and-a-half of the New Year and any insight we can offer about them. The 114th Congress …
NOAA announced today that the launch of the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) will slip to January 29 in accordance with an Air Force decision. DSCOVR is a NOAA-NASA-Air Force …
Russia successfully conducted the first test launch of its new Angara 5 launch vehicle today (December 23, 2014), just six months after a suborbital test flight of a smaller version …