Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) overcame an unexpected satellite communications interruption early Dec. 8 to proceed with the berthing of SpaceX’s 16th NASA-contracted Dragon resupply capsule.

SpaceX dispatched a recovery ship to try to pick up a wayward Falcon 9 booster, which successfully delivered a Dragon cargo ship into low Earth orbit on Dec. 5 before fumbling a planned landing at Cape Canaveral.

In addition to landing successfully, NASA’s Mars Insight mission scored another triumph with the companion MarCO 6U cubesat duo.

InSight is to become the first spacecraft to place a seismometer directly on the surface of another planet to detect quakes.

Thales Alenia Space has this week completed a design review for its Stratobus surveillance and communications airship program.

A raging debate over how much a new Space Force will cost taxpayers intensified with the release of a new estimate.

Captive carry tests of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne low-cost space launch system began on Nov. 18.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Nov. 15 granted requests by SpaceX and Canada’s Telesat to expand planned broadband satellite networks.