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 undated artist rendering provided by NASA shows the Jason-3 satellite.

China, Russia see our satellites as a vulnerability

By Erin Dunne February 13, 2019 7:29 pm

Howling at the blood moon

By Quin Hillyer January 25, 2019 5:00 am

Fireworks light up the sky against a full moon during a Fourth of July celebration in Kansas City, Kan., in 2012.

There’s more than one way to go back to the moon

By Jonathan Ward January 18, 2019 5:00 am

Steve Carell arrives at the premiere of "Welcome to Marwen" at Arclight Hollywood on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, in Los Angeles.

Steve Carell to star in Netflix series inspired by Trump’s proposed Space Force

By Katelyn Caralle January 16, 2019 7:23 pm

Director General of the Russia state corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin walks in Baikonur airport in Kazakhstan.

‘Top priority’: Russia plans for renewed space race

By Joel Gehrke January 11, 2019 12:25 am

A New Year’s resolution for NASA: Stop advertising our presence

By Timothy Philen January 9, 2019 5:04 am

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2007 file photo, radio telescopes of the Allen Telescope Array are seen in Hat Creek, Calif.

Search for alien life uninterrupted by government shutdown

By Steve Beynon January 7, 2019 10:29 pm

FILE - This illustration provided by NASA shows the New Horizons spacecraft. NASA launched the probe in 2006; it's about the size of a baby grand piano. NASAâs New Horizons spacecraft is set to fly past the mysterious object nicknamed Ultima Thule at 12:33 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019.

New year, new horizons

By Quin Hillyer January 4, 2019 5:01 am

In this photo provided Jan. 3, 2019, by China National Space Administration via Xinhua News Agency, the first image of the moon's far side taken by China's Chang'e-4 probe. A Chinese spacecraft on Thursday, Jan. 3, made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon, state media said. The lunar explorer Chang'e 4 touched down at 10:26 a.m., China Central Television said in a brief announcement at the top of its noon news broadcast.

China’s ‘dark side’ moon landing is no Sputnik, but competition is key

By Erin Dunne January 3, 2019 6:20 pm

FILE - This illustration provided by NASA shows the New Horizons spacecraft. NASA launched the probe in 2006; it's about the size of a baby grand piano. NASAâs New Horizons spacecraft is set to fly past the mysterious object nicknamed Ultima Thule at 12:33 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019.

NASA marks a first for humanity: Reaching one of solar system’s oldest bodies

By Josh Siegel January 1, 2019 5:56 pm

SpaceX completes first national security mission

By Kelly Cohen December 23, 2018 8:11 pm

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Hidden Heroes 3rd Annual National Convening at the Capital Hilton in Washington, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018.

Trump poised to unveil Space Force plan, says Mike Pence

By Travis J. Tritten December 18, 2018 5:55 pm