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

On Sunday, SpaceX launched a secret satellite codenamed Zuma on its first flight of the new year. Since then, no one knows what has happened to it. (Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP)

Mystery deepens over fate of super-secret $1 billion military satellite

By Jamie McIntyre January 11, 2018 7:51 pm

In his long career, NASA astronaut John Young was one of 12 men to walk on the moon, was the first person to fly into space six times, and he also led the first space shuttle flight. He died on Friday at age 87. (NASA via AP)

Legendary astronaut John Young dies at 87

By Al Weaver January 6, 2018 8:18 pm

The UFO Stories You May Have Missed in 2017

By Alice B. Lloyd December 27, 2017 9:45 am

Tuesday Morning Quarterback: First Down and Light Years to Go

By Gregg Easterbrook December 26, 2017 3:30 pm

In this photo provided by Javier Mendoza, the contrail from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is seen from Long Beach, Calif., more than 100 miles southeast from its launch site Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. A reused SpaceX rocket has carried 10 satellites into orbit from California, leaving behind it a trail of mystery, wonder, and speculations about aliens as it soared into space. (Javier Mendoza via AP)

SpaceX rocket triggers social media frenzy, UFO conspiracy theories

By Katie Leach December 23, 2017 3:22 pm

"The truth is out there ... Seriously," tweeted former Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nev. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Harry Reid responds to UFO search report: ‘This is about science and national security’

By Daniel Chaitin December 16, 2017 11:26 pm

"This directive will ensure America's space program once again leads and inspires all of humanity," Trump said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump calls moon directive a ‘giant step’ for US

By Steven Nelson December 11, 2017 9:19 pm

In this 1969 photo released by NASA, astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the surface of the moon near the leg of the lunar module Eagle during the Apollo 11 mission. American astronauts visited the moon six times between 1969 and 1972. (Neil Armstrong/NASA via AP)

Trump to send US astronauts ‘back to the moon’

By Steven Nelson December 11, 2017 4:49 pm

American prestige is important, but Americans should not be bilked endlessly so that a few more native researchers receive a few more citations. (Wikipedia Commons)

Taxpayers shouldn’t foot the bill for exoplanets and supercolliders

By Ross Marchand December 11, 2017 5:01 am

Tuesday Morning Quarterback: The NFL’s Authentically Good Teams

By Gregg Easterbrook November 28, 2017 3:30 pm

Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik, along with NASA's Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei, as well as the European Space Agency's Paolo Nespoli, said they had rationed turkey, cornbread dressing, candied yams, and a "cran-apple" desert for the occasion. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Astronauts send out-of-this-world Thanksgiving message to Earth

By Naomi Lim November 23, 2017 5:17 pm

Afternoon Links: The Flat Earth Astronaut Farmer, Faking Dropped Calls, and Why Traffic Diets are a Bad Idea

By Jim Swift November 22, 2017 10:40 pm