Vice President Pence announces first steps towards creating a new military branch for space

The debate is over. The United States will have a Space Force as a separate branch of the military.

LeoLabs raises $13 million in Series A funding

LeoLabs, a Silicon Valley space mapping startup raised $13 million in a Series A funding round led by WERU Investment of Tokyo and Airbus Ventures, the European aerospace giant’s early-stage investment group.

Blue Origin successfully tests escape system in latest New Shepard launch

Blue Origin conducted a successful test flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle July 18 that demonstrated its crew capsule escape system.

JWST suffers another launch delay, breaches cost cap

NASA announced yet another launch delay for the James Webb Space Telescope June 27, pushing the flagship observatory’s launch to no earlier than late March 2021 while breaking a cost cap set by Congress.

Eutelsat says it’s weighing a bid for Inmarsat

Eutelsat's disclosure comes less than three weeks after London-based Inmarsat rejects an unsolicited acquisition offer from EchoStar.

Trump: ‘We are going to have the Space Force’

Trump: Creating a Space Force and promoting space exploration by NASA and the private sector will be “important for the nation’s psyche.”

Acquisition of Orbital ATK approved, company renamed Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has cleared Northrop Grumman's $7.8 billion purchase of defense and space contractor Orbital ATK.

Air Force to award contracts to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman for future missile-warning satellite constellation

The Air Force on Friday announced it will award two sole-source contracts to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for the next-generation overhead persistent infrared program.

Senate votes to confirm Bridenstine as NASA administrator

The most contentious nomination process for a NASA administrator in the agency’s six-decade history came to an end April 19 when the Senate voted to confirm Jim Bridenstine.

Boeing bows out of GPS 3 competition

Boeing has decided to not challenge Lockheed Martin for the next production lot of up to 22 GPS 3 satellites.

Blue Origin switches engines for New Glenn second stage

Blue Origin quietly changed the design of its New Glenn rocket around the beginning of the year in order to hold to a 2020 first launch and increase the range of orbital missions the rocket can complete.

NASA delays JWST launch to 2020

NASA announced March 27 that the launch of its next flagship astronomy spacecraft, the James Webb Space Telescope, will be delayed an additional year and that the mission is likely to overrun its $8 billion cost cap.

Defense official: Trump is serious about creating a space force

Assistant Secretary of Defense Kenneth Rapuano: “The president is very interested in ensuring that the department is best organized and equipped to achieve our vital missions in space."

Air Force awards big launch contracts to SpaceX and ULA

WASHINGTON — The Air Force on Wednesday awarded two major launch contracts to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance.

Under the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, SpaceX received a $290 million firm-fixed-price contract for thre…

Updated | SpaceX successfully launches Falcon Heavy

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy successfully launched on its inaugural flight here Feb. 6, placing a demonstration payload into orbit and boosting the company's interplanetary ambitions.

Deputy Defense Secretary Shanahan to take over duties of principal space adviser

Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan will be taking on the duties of space adviser that previously resided with the secretary of the Air Force.