Boeing, SpaceX Win CCtCAP Contracts
Boeing and SpaceX are the two winners of Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCAP) contracts, NASA announced today (September 16). NASA hopes that through those awards, a U.S. crew space transportation …
CCtCAP Announcement at 4:00 pm ET Today, September 16
NASA has confirmed that the announcement of the winner(s) of the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCAP) award will be made today, September 16, 2014. The announcement will be made at …
NASA IG: NEO Program Structure and Resources Are Inadequate
NASA’s Inspector General (IG) released a report today that finds NASA’s Near Earth Object (NEO) program does not have the structure or resources it needs. The IG made five recommendations and …
Rumors Swirl About Imminent CCtCAP Announcement
Rumors are swirling today that NASA will announce the winner(s) of the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCAP) award tomorrow, Tuesday, September 16. Similar speculation abounded at the end of August, …
What's Happening in Space Policy September 15-20, 2014
Here is our list of space policy-related events coming up during the week of September 15-20, 2014 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are …
SpaceX CRS-4 Launch Slips One Day While ISS Joint Commission Worries About Delays
NASA announced today that the launch of SpaceX’s next cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed one day to September 20, 2014. A one-day delay is …
Gabrynowicz Warns ASTEROIDS Act Needs More Work
Space law expert Joanne Gabrynowicz warned a House subcommittee yesterday (September 10) that a proposed bill to grant property rights to materials mined from asteroids could face legal and political …
Radzanowski Confirmed as NASA CFO
David P. Radzanowski was confirmed by the Senate as NASA’s Chief Financial Office (CFO) today (September 11). He succeeds Elizabeth “Beth” Robinson. The confirmation was 10 months in coming, not bad …
Vote on CR Delayed Due To Syria Issues
The House leadership has decided to postpone a vote on the FY2015 Continuing Resolution (CR) while deciding how to handle a White House request to add authorization for the President to …
Bill Introduced in House to Fund Government Past Mid-Term Elections
Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced a stop-gap Continuing Resolution (CR) today (September 9) to fund the government through December 11, 2014. The bill could …