Space

Rep. James Comer (R-KY).

Comer suggests something ‘sinister’ behind 11 missing scientists

By 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

Daniel Ross Goodman Apr 17, 2026

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

Claire Carter Apr 16, 2026

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

David Zimmermann Apr 15, 2026

NASA Artemis Moonshot

White House orders NASA and Pentagon to develop nuclear space reactors

Rena Rowe Apr 14, 2026

The Long March-2FT1 carrier rocket loaded with Tiangong-1 unmanned space lab module blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, on the edge of the Gobi Desert, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011. China plans to launch an average of 20 satellites per year through 2015 as part of its 100 rockets, 100 satellites program. (AP Photo)

Report: Iran targets U.S. military satellites with lasers, China with missiles

By Paul Bedard April 23, 2014 4:00 am

This artist rendering provided by the U.S. Air Force, shows the AEHF-1 satellite in orbit above the earth. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force)

What will US do to counter China’s space offensive?

By Jed Babbin April 16, 2014 4:00 am

Space station sidesteps space junk again

Space station sidesteps space junk again

By Washington Examiner April 3, 2014 10:13 pm

This image provided by the United Space Alliance shows the launch of a weather satellite, the Atlas V rocket carrying the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-19 spacecraft Thursday April 3, 2014, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The U.S. military weather satellite is headed for for a polar orbit. (AP Photo/ United Space Alliance, Bill Hartenstein)

US defense weather satellite launched

By Washington Examiner April 3, 2014 7:09 pm

A Way to Sanction the Russians

A Way to Sanction the Russians

By Daniel Halper March 22, 2014 10:10 am

NASA announces ‘mother lode’ of new planets: 715

By Seth Borenstein February 26, 2014 11:02 pm

In this photo provided by NASA, the Cygnus supply ship is released from the International Space Station on Tuesday. (AP Photo/NASA)

Supply ship departs space station after 5 weeks

By Marcia Dunn February 18, 2014 5:00 am

This artist rendering released by NASA shows the NASA rover Opportunity on the surface of Mars. Opportunity landed on the red planet on Jan. 24, 2004 and is still exploring. Its twin Spirit stopped communicating in 2010. (AP Photo/NASA)

Opportunity still roving on Mars after a decade

By Washington Examiner January 23, 2014 7:08 pm

This artist rendering released by IMCCE (Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des Ephemerides) shows water plumes spewing from the surface of the dwarf planet Ceres. Scientists led by the European Space Agency observed the plumes and reported their findings in the Jan. 23, 2014 issue of the journal Nature. (AP Photo/ IMCCE, Paris Observatory, CNRS)

Telescope spies water plumes on dwarf planet Ceres

By alicia-chang January 22, 2014 8:58 pm

FILE - This undated image provided by the European Space Agency ESA shows an artist's impression of the Philae lander. Scientists at the European Space Agency are expecting their comet-chasing probe Rosetta to wake from almost three years of hibernation at 11 a.m. Monday Jan. 20, 2014 (1000 GMT; 5 a.m. EST) and phone home to say all is well. (AP Photo/ESA ATG medialab , Astrium E, Viktor, File)

Comet-chasing probe wakes up, signals Earth

By Frank Jordans January 20, 2014 9:04 pm

Military wants air traffic controllers for space

By Joel Gehrke January 15, 2014 5:00 am

In this image from video provided by NASA the Cygnus spacecraft resupply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. (AP/NASA)

Christmas delivery finally for space station

By Marcia Dunn January 13, 2014 5:00 am