Space

Routine SpaceX Starship test ends in explosion in massive setback for Musk’s company

By Elaine Mallon June 19, 2025 11:28 am

Musk says he won’t decommission Dragon spacecraft after X user tells him to ‘cool off’

Ross O'Keefe Jun 5, 2025

Northern lights spawned by solar storm could be visible over several states tonight

Brady Knox Jun 2, 2025

White House withdraws Jared Isaacman’s nomination to lead NASA

Zach LaChance May 31, 2025

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

FAA demands investigation into SpaceX Starship test failure

Jack Birle May 31, 2025

This Jan. 26, 2020, satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. that has been annotated by experts at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute of International Studies shows activity at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran's Semnan province.

Iranian satellite fails to enter into orbit during fourth consecutive unsuccessful launch

By Tim Pearce February 9, 2020 6:08 pm

A display from The Satanic Temple-Chicago has been placed in the Statehouse rotunda at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. It joins the Nativity scene to mark the Christmas season and the Menorah to mark Hanukkah.

Star Wars? Not quite, Pentagon says, but Space Force vision includes weapons

By Abraham Mahshie February 6, 2020 9:37 pm

Satellites impact every part of life in the U.S. Welcome to the future of warfare. (Air Force)

‘A threat to our allies’: Russia stalking US satellites, NATO general warns

By Joel Gehrke February 6, 2020 7:16 pm

Female NASA astronaut returns to Earth after record-breaking stay in space

By Caitlin Yilek February 6, 2020 3:18 pm

High-resolution photos show detailed surface of the sun

By Anthony Leonardi January 30, 2020 8:50 pm

Zozo founder, Yusaku Maezawa, gets emotional as he speaks during a news conference Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in Tokyo.

Billionaire spurns 27,722 women vying to win his heart in space

By Spencer Neale January 30, 2020 3:04 pm

This Jan. 26, 2020, satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. that has been annotated by experts at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute of International Studies shows activity at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran's Semnan province. Iranian officials and satellite images suggest the Islamic Republic is preparing to launch a satellite into space after three major failures last year, the latest for a program which the U.S. claims helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile program.

Iran preparing another satellite launch attempt after recent failures, images indicate

By Zach Halaschak January 28, 2020 5:17 pm

Space Force offers first look at service uniforms

By Zach Halaschak January 18, 2020 3:50 am

Japanese billionaire announces quest to find ‘female partner to go to the moon with him’

By Madison Dibble January 13, 2020 9:12 pm

The Long March-2F carrier rocket carrying China's manned Shenzhou-9 spacecraft blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province, June 16, 2012.

WATCH: China launches massive rocket ahead of planned 2020 Mars mission

By Spencer Neale December 27, 2019 10:04 pm

Launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V
Rocket carrying the Boeing CST-100 Starliner on its Orbital Flight Test, launched from Launch Complex 41 at CCAFS at 6:36 a.m. Friday morning. A four minute time exposure of the launch with the Cocoa Beach Pier in the foreground.

Boeing Starliner spacecraft goes off course and fails mission

By Zach Halaschak December 20, 2019 4:48 pm

They said space operations are suffering under a "crippling organizational and management structure." (U.S. Air Force via AP)

‘The case for a Space Force is overwhelming’: Congress paves way for new branch of military

By Russ Read December 11, 2019 8:03 pm