commercial spaceflight

Rocket’s upper stage was lost for the third consecutive test flight.

Vehicle travels further than it did on its previous two missions but fails to make it back to Earth in one piece.

FAA says back-to-back explosions on previous flights necessitate larger airspace closures.

Agency nearly doubles the aircraft hazard area after the massive rocket exploded on back-to-back test flights in January and March.

‘Skinny’ budget opponents argue cuts to science and other programs will derail U.S. leadership in human spaceflight.

Prototype orbital reentry capsule transmits data in space but goes dark after returning to the atmosphere.

Company’s New Shepard rocket launches celebrities and four others to the edge of space and back.

Company is developing a commercial replacement for the ISS, which is planned to be retired at the end of the decade.

Trio of launch providers is awarded a total of 54 national security spaceflight missions over about five years.

Space agency so far has contracted Axiom Space for five private astronaut missions to the International Space Station.