Historic space-launch facilities in Florida are getting a private-sector makeover

For the foreseeable future, national security space launches will keep the United Launch Alliance and enginemaker Aerojet in business. But the outlook down the road is full of change and opportunity, as Blue Origin plans to build a new launch vehicle and test facility in Florida and will team up with ULA on a new Vulcan rocket.

Republican lawmaker says NASA shortchanged itself in delaying the first manned Orion flight.

Aerojet’s offer for ULA falls on deaf ears, leaving rocket maker without a ride in EELV program.

U.S. President John F. Kennedy is well known for the 1961 speech to Congress in which he made the Apollo program a national goal.

NASA doesn’t believe Orbital ATK can meet its announced schedule for returning Antares to flight.

"We never forget how serious the physics is," Rex Walheim, who leads the exploration branch of NASA's astronaut office, told his Hollywood guests. "We've lost friends in the business."

The chairman of United Launch Alliance says the company is not seriously considering a recent proposal by Aerojet Rocketdyne to purchase the Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture for a reported $2 billion in cash.