The European Space Agency (ESA) made the first “go” of four planned “go/no-go” decisions this afternoon commanding its Rosetta spacecraft to get ready to separate the Philae lander for its trip down …
Here is our list of space policy-related events for the week of November 9-15, 2014 and any insight we can offer about them. Congress returns to work on Wednesday, November …
A test flight of the Orion spacecraft under development to take astronauts beyond low Earth orbit is on track for launch on December 4. The Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) is “truly …
Update: This article is updated throughout following Orbital’s investors teleconference this morning. Orbital Sciences Corporation announced this morning (November 5) its plan for meeting its contractual commitments to NASA for …
The results of some congressional races are still not final, but as of 6:00 am ET November 5, it is clear that Republicans will control the Senate in the 114th …
During a press conference last night (November 3), National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Acting Chairman Christopher Hart said that he had misspoken the day before when he said it was …
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic issued a statement today (November 4) summarizing what has been learned so far about the crash of its SpaceShipTwo (SS2) spaceplane on October 31, saying that …
UPDATE, November 4: The NTSB subsequently tweeted that Hart misspoke at this press conference, not at the previous one, and it was indeed the SS2 co-pilot who prematurely moved the …
Orbital Sciences Corporation today named the individuals serving on the Accident Investigation Board (AIB) it is leading to determine the cause of the launch failure of its Antares rocket last …
Christopher Hart, acting chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), said this evening (November 2) that investigators determined today as a matter of fact — not necessarily cause — that …