Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft is on track for arrival at the International Space Station (ISS) tomorrow morning, Sunday, September 22. The spacecraft has been making a series of …
During Thursday’s joint House Science subcommittee hearing, the agencies in charge of developing and operating U.S national weather and climate satellites insisted that a projected gap in weather coverage is …
A House hearing today connected the dots between uncertainty about NASA’s long term exploration goals and decisions about maintaining NASA’s infrastructure. With repeated changes in plans, knowing what facilities to …
It’s still not the complete FY2013 NASA operating plan, but the agency has now posted on its budget website a slightly more detailed table showing the outcome of FY2013 budget …
In the space community, NOAA’s most important mission is operating weather satellites, but for the Senators deliberating on Kathy Sullivan’s nomination to head NOAA, it’s all about fish. Sullivan, a …
Orbital Sciences Corporation successfully launched its Antares rocket with a Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station at 10:58 am ET today. The launch was flawless on a perfect day …
As of 8:00 am Eastern Daylight Time today (Tuesday), the launch of Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft is on track for 10:50 am EDT tomorrow (Wednesday). We …
Orbital Sciences Corporation successfully completed a new test of its Antares rocket last night and confirms that the launch is now scheduled for Wednesday, September 18. The launch window is …
The following events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate both are in session this week. During the Week With two-and-a-half weeks to go until …
Elon Musk tweeted this morning that SpaceX’s launch of the Falcon 9 v1.1 from Vandenberg Air Force Base will be delayed until the end of September. Musk, founder and Chief …