Replacing the heat shield is not expected to affect the mission’s launch readiness date of July 17, 2020, NASA says.

The Coast Guard, which anticipates a massive increase in sea-lane traffic throughout the Arctic in the coming years, is investigating the operational use of cubesat technology in its missions.

In addition to expendable rockets, Congress may require the Pentagon to consider reusable rockets such as those from SpaceX and Blue Origin for military launches.

Contracts to SpaceX, Orbital ATK and Sierra Nevada for cargo resupply missions to the International Space Station (ISS) beginning in late 2019 are costing NASA more than twice what it paid under the first round of Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) awards, according to NASA's Inspector General.

The Sentinel-3B satellite, part of the European Union’s Copernicus Earth observation program, was successfully launched April 25 by a Rockot vehicle from Plesetsk, Russia.

Launch service operator Arianespace has postponed the next launch of the Ariane 5, after satellite owner Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) decided to ship its spacecraft back to Bangalore.

Mars might be within reach of human explorers by the mid-2030s with an annual budget roughly equal to the International Space Station, according to a forum of Mars exploration experts.

The U.S. Air Force’s plan to trim the timeline for the next generation of missile warning Space-based Infrared System satellites may open up a huge opportunity for industry.