• United Launch Alliance is making it easier – and cheaper – for universities to send miniature experiments to space. These micro-experiments, called CubeSats, are about the size of a box of tissue. And until now, they’ve had to find a bigger satellite to share a ride to space.
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• A bill that boosts the nation’s commercial space industry is heading to the President’s desk. The legislation, called the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, clears some hurdles facing private space companies.
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• A random search has turned up a dwarf planet orbiting roughly 10 billion miles away. The far-off world is tiny, and probably very, very cold.
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• Florida lawmakers and space industry experts are hailing a senate bill aimed at boosting the commercial space industry. Key parts of the bill include extending the life of the International Space Station- and laying out rules for asteroid mining.
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• Ever since scientists discovered evidence of water on Mars, they’ve been trying to figure out what happened to it. Now, they’re one step closer to finding that out.
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• The International Space Station celebrates 15 years of hosting astronauts.
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• The Cassini probe will pass within just 30 miles of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The goal is to search for signs of habitability.
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