Space

NASA has announced research grants and cooperative agreements focused on studies into how plant and animal biological systems will respond to lunar regolith.

North Korea claims to have successfully orbited its Malligyong-1 spy satellite following the launch of a Chollima-1 rocket on the night of Nov. 21.

Weak, angled signals from global navigation satellite system satellites are spawning new applications.

Both North Korea and South Korea are expected to conduct their own satellite launches in the coming days to validate their respective rocket technologies.

Roscosmos Space Corp. took another important step toward the first launch of the Angara A5 heavy rocket from Vostochny spaceport in Russia’s Far East.

The agency cited the challenges in a Nov. 20 NASA Advisory Council session.

Launcher manufacturer Rocket Lab is taking over the historic Middle River, Maryland, factory that Lockheed Martin is exiting.

The 50-year-old GPS program is increasingly vulnerable to a proliferation of tools used to jam and spoof the weak and unencrypted civilian signal.

GPS has become a household term over the last 50 years. Over the coming decades, it is likely to be subsumed into another three-letter term, PNT.

SpaceX's Super Heavy booster unexpectedly broke apart after separation from Starship, which was subsequently also lost when its automated flight termination system triggered.

It was another agency milestone in efforts to significantly step up the pace of space communications.

The spacecraft is the Pentagon’s first experimental navigation satellite in nearly 50 years.

Sierra Space has laid off 165 full-time employees in addition to contractors after it shipped the company’s first Dream Chaser spaceplane for prelaunch tests.

Ispace of Tokyo plans to make a second attempt to land an uncrewed spacecraft on the Moon as soon as the fourth quarter of 2024.

Launch of the second integrated flight test of SpaceX’s Starship/Super Heavy vehicle was rescheduled for Nov. 18.

Carol Craig, founder and CEO of Sidus, announced the move while reporting third-quarter 2023 financial results on Nov. 14.

Catherine Koerner will succeed Jim Free as associate administrator of the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, it has been announced.

How much has GPS boosted U.S. businesses? The answer is astronomical.

Over 50 years, GPS has evolved and inspired the development of similar systems by other nations.

The two companies have signed a “10-plus-year agreement” for use of the software on the 198-satelite constellation.

The Midland, Texas-based startup still needs to raise more money to build out its constellation beyond the initial five satellites.

The global space tourism market is forecast to grow briskly from $851.7 million in 2024 to $5.19 billion by 2034, a new report says.

Installation on the external experiment platform completes NASA's first two-way, end-to-end laser relay system.

A White House official says U.S. space regulations—developed decades ago—were crafted when commercial space capabilities were limited.

The “father of GPS” on how the system came to be and the hurdles it needs to overcome to remain at the cutting edge.