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NASA successfully launched the Auroral Zone Upwelling Rocket Experiment or AZURE mission on April 5 from the Andøya Space Center in Norway....

LinQuest Corp. was awarded a $9.2 million contract to assist in the establishment of U.S. Space Command. SpaceNews.com

The solar system is full of volcanoes -- but scientists may have just identified an entirely new type of volcanic activity.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

Skywatchers take note: You will be able to watch the moon pass just south of Mars tomorrow night.

SpaceX has postponed the launch of its first commercial Falcon Heavy mission to no earlier than Wednesday (April 10).

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine is confident that the agency will be able to land astronauts on the moon in 2024, but the U.S. won't undertake the mission alone.

The Air Force has developed an "initial work plan" to establish a Space Force under the Department of the Air Force. SpaceNews.com

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said the agency's approach to moving up a human lunar landing from 2028 to 2024 will focus first on speed and then on sustainability. SpaceNews.com

At least a dozen fragments from India's March 27 anti-satellite test reached altitudes above 1,000 kilometers, meaning some debris will stay in orbit much longer than estimated by India, according to research from Analyt...

Imagine a time in the Solar System’s past where the asteroids were not solid rock, but blobs of molten iron. It sounds strange, but that may have been the case. And in the right conditions, some of those asteroids woul...

Roberto Provera, Thales Alenia Space's director of human spaceflight and transportation programs, said the company envisions having a servicing business by 2024 or 2025, and is currently in concept development. SpaceNews...

Shanahan: The Space Development Agency is not just important to national security but also to the nation's space economy. SpaceNews.com

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

To see Tim Ellis hunched over his laptop, alone in a room at a major space industry conference in Colorado, you can hardly imagine that he might be the next Elon Musk.

The International Space Station stands out against the lunar backdrop in a series of stunning new photos from NASA.

Israel's robotic Beresheet moon lander is nearing its moment of truth: an epic lunar touchdown attempt scheduled to occur between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. EDT on Thursday (April 11).

Excitement about exoplanets skyrocketed when rocky Earth-like planets were discovered orbiting in the habitable zone of some of our closest stars - until hopes for life were dashed by the high levels of radiation bombard...

NASA successfully launched the Auroral Zone Upwelling Rocket Experiment or AZURE mission on April 5 from the Andøya Space Center in Norway.

In 1783, the Montgolfier brothers' plan to reach the sky was full of hot air.

Rocket Lab just unveiled an in-house satellite platform called Photon.

Blue Canyon Technologies, a company established in 2008 as a satellite component supplier, is expanding rapidly to meet growing demand for complete spacecraft and mission operations. SpaceNews.com