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

Pluto dressed in a false color Christmas portrait. (NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI)

Pluto fans get a Christmas gift from NASA

Daniel Chaitin December 25, 2015 6:34 pm

United Launch Alliance, a partnership of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, relies on Russian RD-180 rocket systems. (AP file photo/John Raoux)

Omnibus lifts ban on using Russian rocket engines

Jacqueline Klimas December 16, 2015 4:29 pm

An artist concept shows the Orion deep-space exploration vehicle, which will help pave the way for the trip to the Red Planet. (Courtesy of NASA)

NASA seeks people from ‘every walk of life’ to go to Mars

Daniel Chaitin December 15, 2015 2:44 am

It may more be related to lawmakers' interests in home states than anti-Russian sentiments, analysts say. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Lawmakers fight over Russian engines about politics, not threats

Jacqueline Klimas December 6, 2015 5:01 am

NASA finds potential water on Mars

NASA finds potential water on Mars

Robert King September 28, 2015 4:40 pm

The Obama administration says a new entity is needed to make sure threat information is effectively digested among multiple agencies. (AP photos)Â

U.S. policies have influenced Iranian, North Korean behavior in cyberspace

Charlie Mitchell September 14, 2015 4:01 am

Editorial cartoon: A distant, icy world

Washington Examiner July 14, 2015 4:00 am

Washington Examiner: Lost in space — The vast emptiness of America’s space vision

Washington Examiner: Lost in space — The vast emptiness of America’s space vision

Lisa Ruhl July 13, 2015 11:30 am

Lost in space

George Abbey July 13, 2015 4:01 am

NASA selects astronauts for commercial space flights

NASA selects astronauts for commercial space flights

Emilie Padgett July 10, 2015 6:43 pm

Rethinking America’s place in space

Rethinking America’s place in space

Arthur Herman July 7, 2015 4:01 am

This November 13, 2014 handout photo provided by the European Space Agency shows the surface of the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet as seen from the Philae lander, which landed on the comet's surface. (Photo ESA via Getty Images)

Scientists suspect signs of alien life on a comet

Emilie Padgett July 6, 2015 11:18 pm