Space

Rep. James Comer (R-KY).

Comer suggests something ‘sinister’ behind 11 missing scientists

Molly Parks · April 20, 2026 4:13 pm

NASA’s Artemis II rocket launches a 10-day mission around the moon, traveling roughly 230,000 miles from Earth — the farthest humans have traveled, April 1, Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Gregg Newton/Getty Images)

How Trump put America back in space, and what comes next

The Artemis II crew – from left, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Pilot Victor Glover, and Commander Reid Wiseman – pause for a group photo inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home.

Artemis II crew shares lunar larks after historic journey around moon and back

Space Force General Stephen Whiting, Commander of United States Space Command (USSPACECOM), speaks during a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing, Thursday, March 26, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Russia planning to put nuclear weapons in space, US general warns

NASA Artemis Moonshot

White House orders NASA and Pentagon to develop nuclear space reactors

Space command belongs in Colorado

Tom Rogan December 11, 2020 4:00 am

Spy chief John Ratcliffe warns of threats posed by China and Russia in space

Jerry Dunleavy December 10, 2020 2:18 am

SpaceX high-altitude rocket prototype explodes during attempted landing

Tyler Van Dyke December 10, 2020 12:02 am

NASA announces 18-member Artemis Team for future moon missions

Tyler Van Dyke December 9, 2020 11:32 pm

China cannot be a space partner with the US

Mark Whittington December 8, 2020 5:00 am

President Donald Trump stands in the Oval Office during the presentation of the United States Space Force Flag in the White House, Friday, May 15, 2020, in Washington.

Biden should preserve Space Force, one of Trump’s proudest achievements, experts believe

Abraham Mahshie December 6, 2020 11:30 am

Elon Musk predicts humans will be on Mars before 2030

Spencer Neale December 2, 2020 9:11 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2007 file photo, radio telescopes of the Allen Telescope Array are seen in Hat Creek, Calif. Astronomers at the SETI Institute in Northern California say a steep drop in state and federal funds has forced the shutdown of a key program to search for extraterrestrial life. Dozens of radio dishes that make up the Allen Telescope Array in the mountains of far Northern California have scanned deep space since 2007 for alien signals.

Giant Puerto Rico radio telescope collapses

Mike Brest December 1, 2020 3:27 pm

Space Force can ramp up protection of space architecture as launches hit light speed

Abraham Mahshie November 30, 2020 8:46 pm

45th Weather Squadron Airmen discuss launch operations at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, June 13, 2020.

The space weather experts who give the go-ahead on when to launch and avoid disaster

Abraham Mahshie November 28, 2020 11:45 am

Assembly of NASA megarocket commences, set to bring crew to moon by 2024

Mike Brest November 25, 2020 2:16 pm

SpaceX capsule with four astronauts reaches space station

Associated Press November 17, 2020 4:58 am