Space

President Donald Trump on June 18 directed the Pentagon to establish a “Space Force” as a sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces.

NASA astronauts have installed two high-def cameras outside the ISS's U.S. segment that will monitor the agency’s Commercial Crew Program spacecraft.

With Russian rides to space station ending, pressure builds on Boeing and SpaceX to finish and fly their vehicles without shortcutting safety.

The disagreement epitomizes the damages of Brexit—and the opportunity to forge a new security partnership.

Biology and biotechnology experiments soon headed for the International Space Station could have a number of far-reaching implications.

One of the founding fathers of the satellite industry says we can expect to see a lot more innovation in the space sector, including manned colonies on the moon and space stations that could be used as stepping stones for future Mars missions. Steve Nichols reports.

Meteorologists expect a breakthrough in weather forecast, thanks to a first-of-its-kind space-borne Lidar that will measure wind at 24 different altitudes.

Chris Ferguson, who led the final space shuttle mission, will make his fourth spaceflight when he and NASA astronauts Eric Boe and Nicole Mann take the new Boeing CST-100 Starliner commercial crew spacecraft to the International Space Station.

Airbus Defence and Space has been selected by Telesat as a major industrial partner to support their System Design and Risk Management phase for Telesat’s LEO constellation now in development.

New detail emerges about SpaceX’s "giant party balloon" upper-stage recovery studies.

Forty-two years after Viking landers looked for organics, Curiosity found them, setting the stage for a focused search for signs of life.

Scientists still stumped by cause of gas release and why it vanishes exponentially faster than models predict.

For Blue Origin, the first step is to cut launch costs with reusable rockets and capsules.

Darpa envisions an operational constellation of 60-200 satellites at 500-1,300-km altitude, each carrying one or more payloads and each costing less than $6 million including its launch.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station early June 4 to deliver a powerful new communications satellite into orbit for Luxembourg-based SES.

Airline aims suborbital; behavior-detecting drones; Airbus reinforces urban air; Siemens electrifies aviation; Echodyne tracks drones.

The growing size and complexity of government networks require planners to tap capabilities offered by commercial platforms.

NASA’s upcoming Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) promises a deeper look into the processes by which cosmic rays penetrate the heliosphere to pose a radiation threat to the humans.

A three-person U.S, Russian and Japanese International Space Station crew descended safely to Earth early June 3, the first step in a five-day exchange of personnel aboard the orbiting science lab.

Leaders of the UAE Space Agency showcased the positive impact of partnerships and the strategic importance of developing the UAE space industry at the 2nd International Space Exploration Forum (ISEF2) held in Tokyo, Japan.

Astronaut Alan Bean, who became the fourth person to walk on the moon during Apollo 12 and later flew on a record-breaking mission to the Skylab space station has died at age 86.

Britain is looking to step up its role as an international space power not only commercially, but militarily too.

Lockheed AEHF satellite test; Indonesia wants eight more Apaches; India tests BrahMos life extension; Northrop upgrades Japan’s missile warning infrastructure.

As NASA prepares for start of commercial spaceflight, ‘load and go’ is among operational alternatives it will assess as a system.

Thales Alenia Space’s Spacebus Neo satellite platform has passed its critical design review.