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

Elon Musk Falls to Earth

By Timothy P. Carney September 26, 2018 5:58 am

Boeing, which won a contract to develop and test an experimental space plane for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is expanding its space business with the acquisition of a satellite-builder.

Boeing completes satellite-firm takeover as Trump expands in space

By James Langford September 25, 2018 12:40 pm

Americans will find pride in the ‘First Man’ movie, and in our family’s story

By Mark Armstrong and Rick Armstrong September 24, 2018 4:00 am

This image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows an asteroid and asteroid explorer Hayabusa2. The Japanese space explorer is attempting to bring back asteroid samples to Earth.

History: Japan lands two mobile rovers on asteroid

By Joel Gehrke September 22, 2018 3:29 pm

The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard launches Monday, May 21, 2018, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Orbital ATK launched a fresh load of supplies to the International Space Station.

Air Force padded its $13 billion Space Force estimate, analyst says

By Travis J. Tritten September 20, 2018 8:58 pm

"Not many people are aware that we're behind some of our allies and adversaries in terms of artillery pieces. Germany, for example, is ahead of us in artillery. So, we're quickly catching up and passing. I just want to get back to the point where America has the best of everything," Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said in an interview with the Washington Examiner. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Lawmakers unfazed by $13 billion Space Force estimate

By Travis J. Tritten September 18, 2018 7:13 pm

SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk, left, shakes hands with Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, right, after announcing him as the first private passenger on a trip around the moon.

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will fly on first-ever commercial trip around the moon

By Associated Press September 18, 2018 2:54 am

President Donald Trump speaks at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, in San Diego, Tuesday, March 13, 2018.

Trump’s Space Force would cost $13 billion, Air Force estimates

By Travis J. Tritten September 17, 2018 6:34 pm

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-13M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, flies in the sky at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, May 29, 2014. Circular star tracks around the Polar Star and track of the rocket a the result of the long time exposure. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Russia: Don’t blame us or America for space station damage

By Joel Gehrke September 12, 2018 4:56 pm

This image provided by NASA shows Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, as it threatens the U.S. East Coast. Hurricane Florence is coming closer and getting stronger on a path to squat over North and South Carolina for days, surging over the coast, dumping feet of water deep inland and causing floods from the sea to the Appalachian Mountains and back again.

Astronaut on space station offers dire assessment of ‘enormous’ Hurricane Florence

By Daniel Chaitin September 12, 2018 2:55 pm

A Delta IV rocket, carrying the Parker Solar Probe, lifts off from launch complex 37 at the Kennedy Space Center, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The Parker Solar Probe will venture closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft and is protected by a first-of-its-kind heat shield and other innovative technologies that will provide unprecedented information about the Sun.

Advertising on rockets? That might not be such a bad idea

By Erin Dunne September 11, 2018 2:26 pm

The 2018 spending bill 'funds key programs across our fixed-wing, rotorcraft and commercial derivative aircraft, and also missile, space and satellite products,' said Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg.

Boeing invests in outer-space communications as Trump plans Mars trip

By James Langford September 10, 2018 2:23 pm