Jeff Foust

New NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said he wants the agency to move faster on key programs such as Artemis but noted he needs time to get up to speed.

Blue Origin flew its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Dec. 20, taking six people, including the first person who uses a wheelchair to go to space.

NASA’s safety advisers are recommending that the agency reconsider its Artemis lunar landing architecture as well as how it handled the Starliner incident.

The White House issued a sweeping executive order on space policy Dec. 18 covering topics from NASA’s exploration plans to space security.

Max Space, a startup developing expandable module technologies, plans to build a commercial space station that could launch on a single Falcon 9 rocket.

The Senate confirmed Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator Dec. 17, ending arguably the most unusual effort to select a leader in the space agency’s history.

New analysis suggests that problems with NASA’s MAVEN Mars orbiter may be more serious than a simple communications glitch.

A reported close approach between a Starlink satellite and a recently launched Chinese spacecraft highlights the challenges of coordinating spacecraft.

Digantara Industries, an Indian space situational awareness company, has raised $50 million as it expands into the U.S. and pursues work in missile defense.

NASA plans to test SpaceX’s Starshield satellite network, designed primarily for national security users, to support operations of the Deep Space Network.