NASA

By Ben Goldstein
Reliable Robotics has secured a new NASA contract to flight test its automated Cessna 208B Caravan in and around U.S. airports.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has laid out its top priorities for NASA's future Mars exploration missions.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
NASA is assessing a troubling loss of signal from a Mars orbiter.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
The researchers say studying and training a machine learning program on the environment ahead of time allows space robots to use their limited computational resources more effectively.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
The 18-ft.-dia. fairing, which opens and closes like a clamshell, is now en route to Neutron’s launch site on Wallops Island, Virginia.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Russia's Soyuz MS-27 made a successful parachute-assisted landing in remote Kazakhstan early Dec. 9, safely returning three crewmembers from the ISS.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee reported favorably on the renomination of Jared Isaacman to become NASA administrator late Dec. 8.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
A lunar-orbiting, human-tended Gateway space station could provide an asset for establishing an efficient Mars exploration strategy, a longtime proponent says.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
After three orbital flight tests, Boeing’s crewed passenger spacecraft still needs work.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Antares has raised a $96 million Series B funding round to develop, build and test microreactors, including for use on U.S. Army and NASA lunar bases.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
A sense of urgency led member states to fuel ESA with record funding.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
NASA administrator nominee Jared Isaacman, in a repeat Senate confirmation hearing after having his initial nomination retracted, got bipartisan support.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
The nonprofit Aurelia Institute has opened a global competition that looks beyond the ISS, to build an infrastructure to live and work in near-Earth venues.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
All eight of the International Space Station’s docking and berthing ports have parked crew and resupply spacecraft—a first.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
A bipartisan House group has urged congressional appropriations leadership to fund certain space and science offices at levels proposed by the Senate.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
NASA has awarded Northrop Grumman two additional Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) missions to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Northrop Grumman’s initial Cygnus XL resupply capsule for the International Space Station has been temporarily unberthed from the orbital lab’s U.S. segment.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner orbital spacecraft will make another uncrewed flight to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Scott Tingle has been named NASA’s new chief astronaut, succeeding Joe Acaba.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
The Eastern Range is working with NASA to be able to host SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy flights from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in early- to mid-2026.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz, Vivienne Machi
The Eastern Range marked its 100th launch of year on Nov. 20, an unprecedented milestone.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin became the second company to nail the landing of an orbital-class booster.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
The ESA will request €600 million from member states at a ministerial council later this month for the first cargo mission of the Argonaut lunar lander.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
A bipartisan group of five U.S. senators has introduced legislation to boost post-International Space Station research in space.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Space and KBR have reached a milestone in the commercial development of Axiom’s Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit.
Commercial Space