Space Policy Events for January 1-10, 2014 – UPDATE 3
UPDATE 3, January 6, 2014: SpaceX’s launch of Thaicom-6 is now scheduled for today, January 6, at 5:06 pm ET. Orbital’s Orb-1 launch is now scheduled for Wednesday, January 8 …
NASA Reacts to China's Lunar Landing, LRO Images Chang'e-3 and Yutu
NASA says it is looking forward to China publicly releasing the scientific results from the Chang’e-3 lander and Yutu rover that arrived on the lunar surface earlier this month. Yesterday, …
Mars One Culls List of Potential One-Way-Trip-to-Mars Applicants
Mars One, the Dutch non-for-profit foundation advocating one way trips to Mars for people who want to settle the Red Planet, announced today that it chose 1,058 candidates to proceed to …
President Signs FY2014 Defense Authorization Into Law
President Obama signed the FY2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law yesterday, sustaining a record that spans more than 50 years of enacting this annual law despite the ups …
ISS Astronauts Complete Coolant Loop Repair in Just Two Spacewalks – UPDATE
UPDATE: NASA reports that the new pump module is working perfectly and systems have been restored to their normal configurations on both cooling loops. ORIGINAL STORY: NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio …
China's Yutu Rover Begins Trek Across Moon's Surface
China’s Yutu Moon rover is beginning its trek across the lunar surface as shown in a photograph tweeted by China’s official Xinhua news agency yesterday. The rover was deployed from China’s Chang’e-3 …
ISS Astronauts Prepare for Christmas Eve Spacewalk
NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins are getting ready for their second spacewalk to fix a coolant loop problem on the International Space Station (ISS). The spacewalk is scheduled …
Space Policy Events for December 23 – 31, 2013
Happy Holidays! Except for the hard working astronauts aboard the International Space Station, and the need for Congress to officially adjourn for the year, everyone can take a well deserved …
Congress Prohibits GLONASS Stations in US Without DOD/DNI Approval
The final version of the FY2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that just cleared Congress includes language prohibiting the President from allowing Russia to put GLONASS monitor stations on U.S. …
Spacesuit Problem Delays Second ISS Spacewalk to Tuesday
International Space Station (ISS) astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins had a successful spacewalk today, but the next in the series to fix a coolant loop problem has been delayed …