Commercial satellite imagery company DigitalGlobe announced today that it has received permission from the U.S. government to collect and sell satellite imagery with greater resolution than allowed in the past. …
NASA officials provided an update today on the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft. They conveyed optimism about the progress of SLS, Orion and associated ground systems and the …
SpaceX Founder and Chief Designer Elon Musk said in an interview this evening that the version of the Dragon spacecraft designed to take humans into space initially will be tested …
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is continuing to work on a NASA authorization bill although its version may be for more than just one year. The House passed …
UPDATE, June 10, 2014: The committee approved the bill today with no changes to the space provisions. ORIGINAL STORY, June 9, 2014: The House Appropriations Committee supports adding $220 million to …
UPDATE, June 10, 2014: This article was updated with the names of the two members who voted against the bill and a link to the Congressional Record page where the …
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced today that it is again delaying the launch of Orb-2, its second operational cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), while it continues to …
Here is our list of upcoming space policy related events for the week of June 9-13, 2014 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are …
The FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) gets its full FY2015 request of $16.605 million in the Senate Appropriations Committee’s version of the FY2015 Transportation-HUD (T-HUD) appropriations bill. By …
UPDATE, June 6, 2014: The final version of the report is now posted on GPO’s website, but not the bill. See link in last paragraph. ORIGINAL STORY, June 5, 2014: …