In this week's Washington Outlook: Senator advocates first building sensor layer, Senate appropriators back NextGen ATM and NASA’s Mars-bound rocket and a look at what’s ahead for spending bills.

The 2016 crash of the Schiaparelli landing module leads to changes the European Space Agency hopes will mean success this time around.

Buy a shot into space with Blue Origin and get priority on your next ride or on one in its planned orbital space capsule.

SpaceX is shelving plans for upcoming Dragon 2 crew and cargo retrorocket returns to Earth due to the difficulty of meeting certification requirements

What could be more inspiring at this year’s AirVenture than Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin reusable rocket and crew capsule, and Friday evening’s formal reunion of eight lunar mission Apollo astronauts, some 50 years after the tragic launch accident to Apollo 1 at the very beginning of the program.

One of the leading voices on military matters, the Arizona senator is pushing for more defense funding and assistance for Ukraine.

A series of images from the test shows the disparate systems that neutralized the target safely above the atmosphere.

After going out of business due to financial problems, reconstituted Firefly is developing a upgraded small-satellite launch vehicle.