SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft successfully completed a series of tests in preparation for berthing with the International Space Station (ISS) tomorrow. An approximate timeline of events follows. NASA will have live coverage …
Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced legislation Tuesday to ease export controls on commercial satellites. The House passed a bill last week that included similar language. Bennet’s bill, the Safeguarding United …
Steve Squyres shared his personal views today of what new Mars mission NASA might initiate that would conform with the 2011 Decadal Survey for planetary science that he chaired for …
Planetary scientists participating in the first meeting of the National Research Council’s (NRC’s) Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science (CAPS) today made clear that they are relying on Congress to restore …
SpaceX’s launch of the Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) at 3:44 am Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) this morning won accolades from the White House, NASA, Congress and industry. …
The launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is still expected at 3:44 am Eastern Daylight Tme (EDT). Follow us on Twitter @SpcPlcyOnline as we live tweet the launch. NASA TV and SpaceX both are …
The second try was the charm for SpaceX. Launch of Falcon 9 was successful this time at 3:44 am Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The first attempt on May 19 was …
The second attempt by SpaceX to launch its Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station is on track as of this hour for launch at 3:44 am Eastern Daylight Time …
The following events may be of interest in the coming week. The Senate is in session through Saturday, then will take a week off for the Memorial Day recess. The …
SpaceX just announced that it has discovered the root cause of the failure this morning of its Falcon 9 rocket. The launch was aborted at 4:55 am ET with less than …