In a report today, NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) stressed that two factors will determine NASA’s ultimate success in maximizing utilization of the International Space Station (ISS): attracting non-government users …
The following space policy-related events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate both are in session this week. During the Week Near Earth Objects (NEOs) …
The Space Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee plans to markup the 2013 NASA Authorization bill this coming Wednesday. An hour later, the Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee of the …
New video released yesterday shows another SpaceX test of its Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) Grasshopper rocket on June 14. The rocket achieved a new altitude record of 325 meters …
The Environment Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee plans to markup the Weather Forecasting Improvement Act on Tuesday. The bill is broadly concerned with restoring U.S. leadership …
Russia has opened a criminal proceeding regarding the crash of the Proton-M rocket earlier this week. Premature liftoff appears to have been the cause. Citing an Investigative Committee official, Russia’s ITAR-TASS news agency …
The completion of the Shenzhou-10 mission and crew visits to the Tiangong-1 space station naturally raises the question of what’s next for China’s human spaceflight program. Robert (Bob) Christy, founder and …
International Launch Services (ILS), which markets the Proton-M rocket for commercial space launches, issued a relatively upbeat statement today following the dramatic Proton launch failure last night Eastern Daylight Time …
The crash and explosion of a Proton-M rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome last night (Eastern Daylight Time) may delay other launches, including the Progress M-20M cargo spacecraft scheduled for launch to the …
UPDATE 2: Russian media sources have confirmed the failure. A link to a SpacePolicyOnline.com fact sheet with a list of all the Russian space launch failures since December 2010 has …