China's New Wenchang Space Launch Site Ready for Action
Construction of China’s new launch site on Hainan Island is complete according to a report in the Chinese media. The Wenchang Satellite Launch Center is the country’s fourth space launch …
Key Senate NASA Staffer Moving on to Lockheed Martin
Ann Zulkosky, the top Senate Democratic staffer dealing with NASA issues on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, is leaving to join Lockheed Martin. Zulkosky is a member of …
What's Happening in Space Policy October 20-24, 2014
Here is our list of space policy-related events in the coming week, October 20-24, 2014, and any insights we can offer about them. Congress returns on November 12. During the …
How To Keep Up With Comet Siding Spring's Encounter with Mars Tomorrow
Comet Siding Spring will make a close pass of the planet Mars tomorrow (Sunday, October 19) while human and robotic observers watch intently to see what they can learn about …
MIT Engineer Dava Newman Nominated as NASA Deputy Administrator
President Obama has nominated Dava Newman to be the new NASA Deputy Administrator. The post has been vacant since Lori Garver left in September 2013. Newman is a Professor of …
SNC v NASA: Boeing and SpaceX Allowed to Intervene, Next Hearing Date Set
At today’s hearing before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Boeing and SpaceX were granted their requests to intervene in Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC’s) lawsuit to force NASA to reinstate …
X-37B Lands After 675 Days in Space – UPDATE
UPDATE: A link has been added to A video of the landing released by the Air Force on October 22, and with an even more accurate mission duration calculation by …
Galileo Operators Take Possession of Wayward EU Navsats
The good news is that the two European Union (EU) Galileo navigation satellites launched in August are in “excellent health and working normally.” The not so good news is that …
Sierra Nevada Files Suit to Reinstate Stop-Work Order on CCtCAP
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims yesterday asking the court essentially to overturn NASA’s decision to allow work to proceed under the …
Hurricane Gonzalo Delays Orb-3 Cargo Launch to ISS
NASA and Orbital Sciences Corporation decided today to delay the launch of Orbital’s third operational cargo mission (Orb-3) to the International Space Station (ISS) until at least October 27 because Hurricane …