Major media outlets are reporting that President Obama will ask Congress to again delay the sequester during a news conference at 1:15 pm ET today. Congress delayed the dire across-the-board federal …
Susan Irwin, President of Euroconsult US, is one of five commercial satellite industry leaders elected to the Society of Satellite Professional International (SSPI) Hall of Fame. Irwin is well known …
The New York Times has a special section today where five experts on U.S. and non-U.S. space programs give their views on “A New Space Race, or Chances to Collaborate”? …
The following space policy-related events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate are in session for part of this week. (Separate House and Senate Democratic retreats …
Anatoly Zak at RussianSpaceWeb.com reports that the most likely reason Sea Launch’s Zenit 3SL rocket failed last week is a pump that malfunctioned 4.5 seconds after liftoff. Zak, a New York-based …
June Scobee Rogers, widow of space shuttle Challenger STS-51-L commander Dick Scobee, believes that the “greatest risk in space exploration is to take no risk.” Rogers, the force behind the Challenger …
The Russian-Ukrainian Zenit-3SL Sea Launch rocket failed less than a minute after launch very early this morning, February 1, Eastern Standard Time (EST). The Boeing-built Intelsat-27 communications satellite was destroyed. …
President Barack Obama issued a statement today honoring the memories of astronauts who lost their lives in space exploration and asserted that the United Stated will continue to “lead the …
Today is the NASA Day of Remembrance 2013 honoring the astronauts who lost their lives in spaceflights. The day honors the crews of Apollo 1 (AS-204), Challenger (STS-51L) and Columbia …
With Senate passage of S. Res. 24 yesterday, our website today is publishing the first edition of its new fact sheet on space-related legislation in the 113th Congress. The Senate resolution …