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

Rejuvenated space program puts Mars within reach

Kevin Mooney June 4, 2020 10:10 pm

SpaceX Crew Dragon docks at International Space Station after historic launch

Carlin Becker May 31, 2020 2:23 pm

Car on fire in Seattle.

American hope and horror

Tom Rogan May 31, 2020 4:36 am

CNN bungles historic SpaceX-NASA launch

Mike Brest May 30, 2020 9:09 pm

‘American astronauts on American rockets from American soil’: NASA returns to space with help from SpaceX

Jerry Dunleavy May 30, 2020 7:26 pm

SpaceX chief engineer Elon Musk, second from left, talks to the media with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, and NASA astronauts crew Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, right, in front of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, about the progress to fly astronauts to and from the International Space Station, from American soil, as part of the agencyâs commercial crew program at SpaceX headquarters, in Hawthorne, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019.

WATCH LIVE: SpaceX and NASA launch historic rocket to space

Anthony Leonardi May 30, 2020 6:52 pm

A SpaceX Falcon 9 sits on Launch Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

NASA says SpaceX launch is about hope, commerce, the moon, Mars — and China

Jerry Dunleavy May 30, 2020 5:14 pm

This undated photo released by Virgin Galactic shows the interior of their SpaceshipTwo Cabin during a flight. Highly detailed amenities to enhance the customer experience were shown in an online event Tuesday, July 28, 2020, revealing the cabin of the companyâs rocket plane, a type called SpaceShipTwo, which is undergoing testing in preparation for commercial service. There are a dozen windows for viewing, seats capable of being customized to each of six passengers and mood lighting.

Historic SpaceX flight delayed due to weather

Zach Halaschak May 27, 2020 8:30 pm

Trump to visit SpaceX rocket launch in Florida next week

Mica Soellner May 22, 2020 8:09 pm

The United States Space Force flagÂ is presented in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 15, 2020, in Washington.

Space Force flag unveiled

Zach Halaschak May 15, 2020 6:08 pm

‘Hope in being united’: US astronaut gives advice to people on Earth during pandemic

Zach Halaschak May 12, 2020 9:52 pm

Space Force recruitment video invokes Steve Carell Netflix role

Abraham Mahshie May 6, 2020 6:46 pm