What's Happening in Space Policy: May 12-18 2014
Here is our list of upcoming space policy related events for the week of May 12-18, 2014 and any insight we can offer about them. The House is in recess, …
House Appropriators Approve FY2015 CJS Bill with $435 Million Increase for NASA
The House Appropriations Committee today approved the FY2015 Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) appropriations bill. It includes $435 million more for NASA than requested by President Obama, a total of $17.896 billion compared …
House Appropriators Poised to Reject NOAA's SIDAR Plan for TSIS, Other Instruments
UPDATE: The full committee approved the bill on May 8 with no apparent changes to this portion of the bill. ORIGINAL STORY: The House Appropriation’s Committee’s draft report on the …
Judge Lifts Injunction Against AF or ULA Paying Russia for RD-180 Engines
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims today lifted the preliminary injunction it imposed last week on the Air Force or United Launch Alliance (ULA) making payments to Russia for the RD-180 …
House Appropriators Want To Limit ARM Funding, Require Independent Assessment of Mars 2021
The House Appropriations Committee today released the draft report to accompany the FY2015 Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) appropriations bill. The bill was marked up at subcommittee level last week, the full committee will …
SOFIA Wins Reprieve in Draft House Appropriations Report
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) would be saved from termination if language in the House Appropriations Committee’s draft report on NASA’s FY2015 funding bill survives the legislative process. …
U.S. Government Files for Dissolution of Injunction Against Payments to Russia
The United States Government filed a request with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims late yesterday asking the court to dissolve its injunction against the government or United Launch Alliance (ULA) …
House Appropriators Propose Small Cut to FAA's Commercial Space Office – UPDATE 2
UPDATE 2: The full committee approved the bill on May 21, 2014, with no change to this part of the bill. UPDATE, May 7, 2014: The subcommittee approved the draft …
More House Committee Action on DOD Authorization, NASA/NOAA Appropriations This Week
Today, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) released the “chairman’s mark” for the FY2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that will be marked up on Wednesday. Also, the House Appropriations …
What's Happening in Space Policy: May 5-9, 2014 – UPDATE
UPDATE: The House Appropriations Committee markup of the FY2015 CJS bill on Thursday has been added (it was announced today, May 5). Here is our list of space policy-related events …