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

Pentagon wants to use space robots to fix satellites

Russ Read April 24, 2019 1:57 am

NASA sent mice to space. This was the result

Zach Halaschak April 16, 2019 9:18 pm

People watch the live broadcast of the SpaceIL spacecraft as it lost contact with Earth in Netanya, Israel.

Israeli spacecraft crashes on moon during landing attempt

Claude Thompson April 11, 2019 8:44 pm

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, second from left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, second from right, and U.S. Strategic Command Commander Gen. John Hyten, right, speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington , Thursday, April 11, 2019, on the proposed Space Force.

Trump’s Space Force meets bipartisan skepticism in the Senate

Jamie McIntyre April 11, 2019 6:02 pm

Donald Trump Jr. takes video of the crowd during a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday, March 28, 2019.

Trump Jr. says Schiff’s evidence of collusion must have gotten lost in black hole

Dominick Mastrangelo April 10, 2019 3:57 pm

This image released Wednesday, April 10, 2019, by Event Horizon Telescope shows a black hole. Scientists revealed the first image ever made of a black hole after assembling data gathered by a network of radio telescopes around the world.

First image of a black hole released

John Gage April 10, 2019 2:48 pm

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, on the national security space landscape.

Shanahan warns war is coming to space, with China the likely adversary

Jamie McIntyre April 9, 2019 3:59 pm

SpaceX will administer health and fitness tests on the tourists before initial training for the mission begins. (AP Photo/NASA)

Military narrows search for US Space Command home to three states

Zach Halaschak April 8, 2019 10:02 pm

SPACE EXPLORATION, APOLLO 11 MISSION, FIRST MAN TO LAND ON MOON, WALK ON MOON, AMERICAN ASTRONAUT WITH U.S. FLAG, SPACE SUIT, LUNAR SURFACE, FOOTPRINTS, CENTURY SHOWCASE

No, we don’t need to land on the moon (again)

Erin Dunne March 29, 2019 8:32 pm

This image made available by NASA shows an illustration of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

NASA discovers new planet and stars that could support life

Zach Halaschak March 28, 2019 9:01 pm

Trump taps Air Force general to head US Space Command

Diana Stancy Correll March 27, 2019 12:17 am

This image provided by NASA shows astronauts Anne McClain and Nick Hague taking a spacewalk to replace aging batteries on the International Space Station.

NASA cancels first all-female spacewalk over spacesuit sizing

Katelyn Caralle March 26, 2019 10:59 pm