The chance that the launch of the Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) mission will take place tomorrow morning is slightly better than reported yesterday. Air Force weather officer Kathy Winters …
Japan launched its second asteroid sample return mission, Hayabusa2, at 11:22 pm EST tonight (December 2), which was 1:22 pm December 3 local time in Japan. The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries …
The Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) launch was given the green light today for launch at 7:05 am Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Thursday, December 4, 2014. The weather forecast …
Here is our list of space policy-related events coming up in the next week, December 1-5, 2014, and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are …
UPDATE: The launch has been postponed a second time because of weather. The new launch date is December 3, 1:22:04 pm JST (December 2, 11:22:04 pm EST). This article is updated …
Robotic space science missions to comets and asteroids are in the news right now because of Europe’s Rosetta/Philae mission to Comet 67P and Japan’s imminent launch of Hayabusa2 to an asteroid. …
Scientists are still trying to determine what happened to the Philae lander after it initially touched down on Comet 67P on November 12. New findings suggest that it may have …
Three new crew members arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) this evening Eastern Standard Time (EST), returning the ISS to its full crew complement of six people. With the …
Space weather happens every day not just when auroras light up the sky, but intense solar flares can disrupt our technological societies making forecasts of space weather just as critical …
Here is our list of space policy related events for the next TWO weeks, November 24-December 5, 2014. Congress is in recess this coming week for the Thanksgiving holiday and …