China Launches Lunar Sample Return Test – UPDATE
UPDATE: This article is updated throughout. China’s Xinhua news service confirmed that a spacecraft to test technologies for returning a lunar sample to Earth was launched this afternoon, October 23 …
UPDATE: This article is updated throughout. China’s Xinhua news service confirmed that a spacecraft to test technologies for returning a lunar sample to Earth was launched this afternoon, October 23 …
China will launch a robotic spacecraft to fly around the Moon and return to Earth as early as tomorrow as a test related to its goal of returning a lunar sample later …
NASA and Orbital Sciences Corporation have confirmed the October 27, 2014 launch date for Orbital’s Orb-3 cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch date was dependent on …
The chairmen of the House Science, Space and Technology (SS&T) committee and its Space Subcommittee sent a letter to NASA yesterday (October 21) asking the agency to respond to previous …
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued a verbal decision today declining to overrule NASA on its decision to allow SpaceX and Boeing to proceed in executing the Commercial Crew Transportation …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …