DSCOVR Ready at Last for January 2015 Launch – UPDATE
UPDATE, December 29, 2014: NOAA announced today that the launch has been postponed to no earlier than January 29, 2015. ORIGINAL STORY, December 18, 2014: At a press conference this …
SpaceX CRS-5 Delayed to No Earlier Than January 6 – UPDATE
UPDATE, December 18, 10:25 am EST: A link to the statement NASA finally put out is added, along with information on the status of the pre-launch briefings. SpaceX confirmed to …
DLR's Warner to Take Helm at ESA
The European Space Agency (ESA) formally announced today that Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johann-Dietrich Wörner, currently the head of Germany’s space agency DLR, will become the new Director General (DG) of ESA …
Delay for SpaceX CRS-5?
Several sources on Twitter report that Friday’s scheduled launch of the fifth SpaceX operational cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will be delayed. The mission is designated CRS-5 …
NASA Delays Decision on Asteroid Redirect Mission Options
NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot revealed during a media teleconference this afternoon that he is delaying a decision between two options for implementing the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM). The decision …
Orbital Sciences to Use Russian RD-181 for Antares
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 …
Methane Mystery at Mars
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 …
DalBello Leaving OSTP for Virgin Galactic
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 …
GAO Warns JWST Cryocooler Poses Risk of Schedule Slip
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 …
What's Happening In Space Policy December 15-31, 2014
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, …