Nine months after the European Space Agency (ESA) approved development of the new Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets, development of the next-generation vehicles at prime contractor Airbus Safran Launchers (ASL) is starting to take shape.

The preliminary design review of a U.S.-European ocean-monitoring mission has been delayed by several months as part of a risk-reduction effort following the failure of a radar instrument aboard another climate-science mission.

The New Horizons spacecraft was hailed in 2006 as the fastest vehicle ever to depart the Earth. Its mission: to learn more about the complex world of Pluto, its mountains and Moons and flowing ices.

Tehran’s ballistic missile tests alert Israel and its regional neighbors to the need for effective air defense.

NASA and space advocacy groups seek continuity in space policy from presidential candidates to keep plans on track and international partners on board.

An ISRO research center in western India is developing a rover and three major payloads for its Chandrayaan-2 quest to confirm the presence of lunar water.

NASA is daily adding to knowledge about Saturn and its moons. On April 4, the Cassini mission spacecraft was scheduled to flyby Titan. The cameras typically look in different directions, but during this flyby the Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph and the Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer will see the moon's atmosphere at the same latitude. The dual approach should supply solid data about the moon's atmospheric density.

The 32nd Space Symposium is happening April 11 – 14th in Colorado Springs, and Aerospace Daily & Defense Report was on hand to bring you the latest developments from the show.