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

$The boon in natural gas production from fracking has made gas-fired power plants the dominant source of the nation's electricity supply. (Siemens AG, Munich/Berlin)$

Obama administration wants to apply space technology to climate change fight

By John Siciliano October 17, 2016 9:41 pm

President Obama issued an executive order outlining how the federal government will prepare for and respond to "space-weather events," such as solar flares that can wreak global havoc. (AP Photo/NASA)

Obama orders government to prepare for ‘space-weather events’

By Nicole Duran October 13, 2016 3:27 pm

"We have set a clear goal vital to the next chapter of America's story in space: sending humans to Mars by the 2030s and returning them safely to Earth ...," President Obama wrote. (AP Photo)

Obama calls for manned mission to Mars

By Nicole Duran October 11, 2016 5:18 pm

The federal government spent $700,000 to study whether astronaut Neil Armstrong's famous quote as the first man on the moon was transcribed accurately, only to reach no conclusion. (AP Photo, File)

Feds blow $700K to find out what REALLY happened on the moon

By Pete Kasperowicz October 5, 2016 9:47 pm

If the federal government can avoid over regulating the final frontier, Rep. Bill Posey suggests, it could avoid working on things the private sector could accomplish on its own, and focus instead on driving progress in a more meaningful direction. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Interview: Rep. Posey declares war on red tape, even in space

By Rudy Takala October 4, 2016 4:01 am

Gary Johnson eyes interplanetary civilization as solution to climate change

Gary Johnson eyes interplanetary civilization as solution to climate change

By Ben Smith September 25, 2016 4:24 pm

The Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, took off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday evening atop a Atlas V rocket. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

NASA launches probe to asteroid for answers to life’s questions

By Daniel Chaitin September 9, 2016 1:21 am

SpaceX rocket explodes on launch pad

SpaceX rocket explodes on launch pad

By Kelly Cohen September 1, 2016 2:14 pm

Radio telescopes of the Allen Telescope Array in California. Astronomers say they've picked up a "strong signal" coming from a faraway star that some think could be a sign of intelligent life. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Astronomers ponder ‘strong signal’ from star 94 light years away

By Kelly Cohen August 30, 2016 6:18 pm

Editorial cartoon: Finding intelligent life

By Washington Examiner August 26, 2016 10:32 pm

Astronaut Eileen Collins speaks during the third day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Will Trump make America blast off again?

By Jason Russell July 21, 2016 1:18 am

Competitors including Russia and China are innovating rapidly, while Japan and India both have plans for a lunar base within the next two decades.

The red tape keeping private companies from getting us into space

By Rudy Takala July 5, 2016 4:01 am