Reported numbers of confirmed cases have become fodder for the political gristmill. Here is what non-politicians think.

Billionaire Elon Musk’s company launches American astronauts from US soil for the first time in almost a decade.

Weather permitting, Elon Musk’s rocket company is set to snatch the prize from rival Boeing, at half the price.

Iran’s satellite launch is just the latest significant event in a string of military developments in space.

Confined and isolated astronauts – and their supporting programmes – have answers and an online tool you can use now.

NASA to issue a formal ‘high-visibility close call’ designation, with impacts across all human spaceflight programmes.

In less than two years, scientists expect to receive the first-ever images of, and data about, the sun’s poles.

Preliminary findings on the orbital flight test failures are in, but questions remain unanswered.

Her on-the-ground challenges will help prepare the way for astronauts to travel to Mars.

Congressional disagreement over mission scope threatens NASA’s lunar return plans, jeopardising commercial competition.