HOUSTON — NASA will orchestrate a Nov. 1 spacewalk to address a long-standing cooling system leak outside the International Space Station that has gradually increased since June, the space agency announced on Oct. 19. Earlier concerns about an external electrical short on Sept. 3 that compromised one of the station’s eight power channels and prompted the preparations for a possible second near-term spacewalk, have eased with troubleshooting this week.

Scaled Composites is moving closer to the start of powered flight tests of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo

Congressional staffers have held preliminary meetings on updating the legislative underpinnings for the U.S. civil space program, but it’s clear nothing will be decided until the voters choose who’ll be running the program — and the rest of the government — in the upcoming election.

The platform is owned by NanoRacks LLC and developed jointly with Astrium North America

The 1 mm speck was discovered when the rover’s arm scooped out material for the sampling system

Advocates continue to refine their ideas for harnessing the Sun’s energy, beaming it to Earth

Panel says Reusable Booster System lacks mature business case, service should continue to pursue components

Sentinel is a five-plus-year initiative to detect and track near Earth asteroids that pose a future collision threat