NASA

By Mark Carreau
The new astronauts would be eligible for exploratory missions to the surface of the Moon and perhaps Mars as well as to staff the International Space Station or commercial low-Earth-orbit successors.
Defense and Space

By Irene Klotz
Two Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster airlifters carrying the Mars 2020 rover and various other elements touched down at Kennedy Space Center’s former Shuttle Landing Facility shortly after 3 p.m. EST Feb. 12.
Defense and Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA and Boeing will review all 1 million lines of code following errors found during the CST-100 Starliner's troubled uncrewed orbital flight demonstration mission in December.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
Astronauts on the fourth spacewalk to repair the $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer found signs of a leak.
Defense and Space

By Jen DiMascio
Japan is boosting its space exploration budget.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch on Jan. 20 completed the latest spacewalk in a long-running effort to upgrade the space station's solar power generation system.
Defense and Space

By Irene Klotz
The test is the last major milestone before a crewed flight test to the International Space Station as early as March.
Defense and Space

Collins Aerospace will provide critical subsystems for Orion spacecraft crews assigned to resume human exploration of the lunar surface starting in 2024
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
Ellen Ochoa will be the 34th recipient of the National Space Trophy, presented each year to a U.S. citizen for major contributions to the U.S. space program.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch resumed efforts Jan. 15 to replace aging batteries on the International Space Station.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
“I would put us in the red-risk for being ready at the national level for sample analysis of the Osiris-Rex materials,” the mission's principal investigator says.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
"These astronauts could one day in fact walk on the Moon as part of the Artemis program," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said.
Defense and Space

By Irene Klotz
The core booster for NASA’s first Space Launch System heavy rocket has been rolled out from its hangar in New Orleans.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA could be a year away from having a cost estimate for accelerating its lunar plans.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
U.S. House and Senate appropriations committees have agreed on a 2020 fiscal year budget package that includes $22.6 billion for NASA.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology research aircraft remains on track to make its first flight in 2021.
Business Aviation

By Mark Carreau
A NASA-led group is addressing the threat posed by space junk to a growing, more diverse space economy.
Defense and Space