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

This image made from video shows unidentified flying objects in the skies over southern Campeche state filmed by Mexican Air Force pilots on March 5, 2004.

Why the Navy should, but won’t, tell us that much about UFOs

Tom Rogan April 27, 2020 7:56 pm

A Sabre short-range ballistic missile launches in June 2017 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, for a test of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement, an advanced missile defense system. Hypersonic missiles might be able to penetrate PAC-3 and similar systems.

Iran’s Nur satellite is a de facto ballistic missile test

Tom Rogan April 22, 2020 5:40 pm

Buzz: Trump skyline doodle at auction, Mark Halperin is back, Apollo 13 fact-checking

Paul Bedard April 22, 2020 5:06 pm

Iran says it launched its first military satellite into orbit

Caitlin Yilek April 22, 2020 11:50 am

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a demo Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off from pad 39A on an uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, March 2, 2019.

NASA reveals date to launch astronauts into space from US soil for first time in nearly a decade

Zach Halaschak April 17, 2020 6:04 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on economic issue in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020.

Russia tests anti-satellite weapons system

Caitlin Yilek April 16, 2020 4:57 pm

Mining the moon sounds crazy, but Trump’s executive order is smart

Tim Worstall April 14, 2020 4:07 pm

Trump signs executive order encouraging US to mine for minerals on the moon

Madison Dibble April 8, 2020 5:15 pm

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket stands ready at launch complex 41at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with a payload of a high Frequency satellite Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.

Space Force blasts off for the first time

Jerry Dunleavy March 26, 2020 6:08 pm

President Trump is seen along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Buzz Aldrin on how he is protecting himself from coronavirus: ‘Lying on my ass and locking the door’

Caitlin Yilek March 18, 2020 8:00 pm

People at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., celebrate as the InSight lander touches down on Mars on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018.

European space mission to Mars delayed partially because of coronavirus outbreak

Anthony Leonardi March 12, 2020 12:34 pm

Lost in space

James Braid March 6, 2020 4:00 am