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

French President Emmanuel Macron appears at an event.

Macron announces French space force

By John Gage July 13, 2019 8:51 pm

Then and Now: Space tech

By Jay Caruso July 12, 2019 3:00 am

NASA promised us the moon, and delivered

By Quin Hillyer July 12, 2019 3:00 am

In this Sept. 25, 2013, file photo, British entrepreneur Richard Branson poses with SpaceShipTwo at a Virgin Galactic hangar at Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, Calif.

‘Dawn of a new space age’: Richard Branson takes Virgin Galactic public

By James Langford and Tim Pearce July 9, 2019 2:41 pm

A NASA Orion spacecraft lifts off from pad 46 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Tuesday, July 2, 2019, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

NASA nailed test critical for getting humans back to the moon by 2024

By Grayce McCormick July 2, 2019 5:25 pm

This artist's rendering made available by NASA shows multiple views of the Dragonfly dual-quadcopter lander that would take advantage of the atmosphere on Saturn's moon Titan.

NASA announces mission to Saturn’s largest moon

By Grayce McCormick June 28, 2019 1:27 am

A SpaceX Falcon heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., early Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The Falcon rocket has a payload military and scientific research satellites.

Falcon Heavy lifts off in SpaceX ‘most difficult launch ever’

By Regina Barton June 25, 2019 4:42 pm

President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday June 14, 2019, in Washington.

Trump on finding aliens: ‘We’re watching, and you’ll be the first to know’

By Zach Halaschak June 15, 2019 3:51 pm

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission, stands by the deployed United States flag on the lunar surface during the early moments of the first extravehicular activity (EVA) of the mission.

Trump seemingly contradicts previous position on moon exploration

By Zach Halaschak June 7, 2019 6:59 pm

European Union warns: China racing to ‘dominate the world’ through space technology

By Joel Gehrke June 6, 2019 5:29 pm

Full moon.

NASA awards contracts for Artemis moon mission

By Grayce McCormick June 1, 2019 11:31 pm

This photo issued Thursday March 3, 2011 by The National Archives in Britain of circa March 2004 shows a doughnut-shaped phenomenon photographed by a retired RAF officer and sent to his old bosses tasked with investigating UFOs.

Why the UFO story is far more interesting than you think

By Tom Rogan May 28, 2019 7:41 pm