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

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz MS-10 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. The Russian rocket carries U.S. astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin. Two astronauts from the U.S. and Russia are making an emergency landing after a Russian booster rocket carrying them into orbit to the International Space Station has failed after launch.

Astronauts to be flown to Moscow after emergency

Associated Press October 11, 2018 12:02 pm

In this Jan. 20, 2011 file photo, a Boeing Delta 4 Heavy rocket rises from the launch pad during its first unmanned launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The 235-foot-tall Delta IV Heavy Launch Vehicle was carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. As it turns 50, the ultra-secretive National Reconnaissance Office is putting a multibillion-dollar misstep behind it and casting its spy satellites on new enemies, from al-Qaida bomb planters to North Korean nuclear engineers, according to its chief.

Boeing invests in satellite startup Accion as US focuses on space

James Langford October 10, 2018 3:02 pm

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Ryan Gosling, from left, Corey Stoll and Lukas Haas in a scene from "First Man."

‘First Man’ propels us toward more giant leaps for mankind

Tyler Grant October 10, 2018 1:26 pm

Jim Mattis, U.S. secretary of defense, smiles while introducing U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, left, during an event at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. President Donald Trump's administration will call on Congress to allocate $8 billion over the next five years to establish the U.S. Space Force as the sixth branch of the military, Pence said today.

How to avoid a bloated Space Force

John Dale Grover October 10, 2018 4:00 am

NASA’s 60th Anniversary: The evolution of human spaceflight

Linda Hernandez October 6, 2018 4:00 pm

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson speaks during an interview.

‘This is nonsense’: Pentagon swats down report that Trump may fire Air Force secretary

David Brown October 5, 2018 7:38 pm

President Trump speaks before signing a policy directive to send American astronauts back to the moon, and eventually Mars, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017.

Trump mulls replacing Air Force head over Space Force management

Diana Stancy Correll October 4, 2018 9:50 pm

Lockheed Martin's concept for a crewed lunar lander is a single stage, fully reusable system that incorporates many of Orionâs flight-proven technologies and systems. The lander would accommodate a crew of four and 2000 lbs. of payload on the surface for up to two weeks while returning to the Gateway without maintenance or refueling on the surface.

Lockheed introduces moon shuttle that could be adapted for Mars

James Langford October 3, 2018 6:04 pm

This illustration made available by NASA on March 29, 2018 shows the twin Mars Cube One (MarCO) spacecraft flying over Mars with Earth and the sun in the distance. The MarCOs will be the first CubeSats - a kind of modular, mini-satellite - flown into deep space. They're designed to fly along behind NASA's InSight lander on its cruise to Mars.

How small satellites could revolutionize access to space

Joe Williams October 1, 2018 4:01 am

The next arena for Earth’s old rivalries

Joel Gehrke October 1, 2018 4:00 am

This photo made available by NASA shows Hurricane Harvey over Texas on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, seen from the International Space Station. (Randy Bresnik/NASA via AP)

A bird’s-eye view of a hurricane from space

Daniel Chaitin October 1, 2018 4:00 am

NASA’s Jim Bridenstine: America needs to be first, even in space

John Siciliano October 1, 2018 4:00 am