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Astronaut Janice Voss, a veteran of five spaceflights and a former science director for a NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, has died after a battle with cancer. She was 55.

PALO ALTO, CA-- - Space Systems/Loral , the world's leading provider of commercial satellites , today announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide two high throughput communications satellites ...

The recent delay of the next manned launch to the International Space Station due to a damaged Russian space capsule highlights NASA's critical need for commercially built vehicles, space policy experts say.

SANTA FE -- Space travelers whose flights originate in New Mexico will maintain the right to sue businesses for negligence if a crash or other disaster occurs.

One man's quest to make a record-breaking leap from near the edge of space is nearing make-or-break time.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA is looking for at least two U.S. firms to design and build space taxis to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station, program managers said on Tuesday. NASA plans to invest $300 million to $500 million in each of the firms selected under new 21-month partnership agreements, Ed Mango, manager of NASA's Commercial Crew program, said at an ...

Astronaut Janice Voss, a veteran of five spaceflights and a former science director for a NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, has died after a battle with cancer. She was 55.

California-based Space Systems/Loral has won a 620 million Australian dollar ($670 million) contract to build two satellites to service remote portions of Australia's national broadband network, which will be among the world's fastest.

After rounds of successful tests in vacuum chambers, adventurer plans jump from outer space to Earth VIDEO: Daredevil to Attempt Hypersonic Jump From Space PHOTOS: Inside the Spacesuit

A new report for NASA by the U.S. National Research Council sets a high priority for nuclear-powered spacecraft for the next phase of space exploration. Just shy of 470 pages, Space Technology Roadmaps and Priorities was prepared over the course of a year, based on interviews with experts in industry and academia, in order to ...