Will You Be Able to See the Antares Launch from Where You Are?
The Antares launch may be viewable along the East Coast and inland as far west as West Virginia. The map below, courtesy of Orbital, shows where it might be visible …
Antares Ready for Launch Tomorrow, But Weather May Not Cooperate
Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket is ready for its first test launch tomorrow, but the weather forecast is only 45 percent favorable. Low clouds and possible showers could force a …
Mikulski Will Support Asteroid Initiative, Not Sure About Orion, Planetary Requests
Speaking to the Maryland Space Business Roundtable today, Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said that she will support President Obama’s new asteroid retrieval initiative, but …
Antares Launch on Schedule Despite Anomaly
Orbital Sciences Corporation still hopes to conduct its first test launch of the new Antares rocket on Wednesday despite an anomaly during a wet dress rehearsal yesterday. Orbital said in …
Space Policy Events for the Week of April 14-19, 2013
The following events may be of interest in the coming week. The House and Senate both are in session. During the Week The big event this week is the scheduled …
NOAA Reduces JPSS Costs by $1.6 Billion – How Did They Do It?
Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank told congressional appropriators on Thursday that the lifecycle cost of the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is now $11.3 billion instead of the $12.9 …
Putin Pledges Space Program Support on Cosmonautics Day, Cosmonauts May Make Ocean Landings in Future
As the world celebrates Cosmonautics Day — or Yuri’s Night — in honor of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin making the first human trip into space 52 years ago today, Russian …
Soviet Mars-3 Lander Possibly Discovered in MRO Data
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announced today that analysis of imagery from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) may have revealed the Soviet Mars 3 spacecraft that landed on Mars in 1971. …
NASA's FY2014 Budget Request Includes Asteroid Retrieval Mission; Earth Science and STEM Changes
President Obama sent his FY2014 budget request to Congress today, nine-and-a-half weeks late. The $1.058 trillion request includes $17.7 billion for NASA. Highlights will be discussed during a NASA media …
Posey Reintroduces REAL Space Act to Return Astronauts to Moon
On a day already chock full of space news — release of the FY2014 budget request and a hearing on the threat to Earth posed by asteroids — Rep. Bill …