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 …
SpaceX and NASA announced today that the launch of the fifth operational SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceX CRS-5 (SpX-5), has been delayed from December 16 …
The House is expected to vote tomorrow (Thursday) on the FY2015 appropriations bill dubbed the “CRomnibus.” It combines an omnibus appropriations providing full-year funding for agencies covered by 11 of the …
Efforts by congressional leaders to pass a new FY2015 appropriations bill by midnight Thursday to avoid a government shutdown hit a snag last night. Although it is certainly possible still to complete …
House and Senate appropriators introduced the long-awaited compromise version of the FY2015 appropriations bill late today. If approved as expected, NASA will get a significant increase compared to the President’s …
In a talk to senior government leaders today, President Obama praised the work of Orion chief engineer Julie Kramer White and joked that he might hitch a ride to Mars …
Orbital Sciences Corporation gave more details today about its plans to fulfill its Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA to send cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) in …
NASA has released photos of its Orion capsule floating in the Pacific at the end of its Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) mission on Friday. The capsule was recovered by a …
Here is our list of space policy-related events for the week of December 8-12, 2014 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session. …
In contrast to all the issues that cropped up yesterday, today’s launch of the Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) mission went off without a hitch. The United Launch Alliance (ULA) …