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

Cars pass charred ground at the scene of a fatal traffic accident in rural Tuscaloosa County, Ala. (AP Photo/Phillip Lucas)

Former NASA astronaut sued for wrongful deaths after killing two in DUI crash

By Anna Giaritelli June 28, 2016 10:29 pm

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative, referred to as "Star Wars" at the time, to shield the U.S. against the Soviet Union. (AP Photo)

House provision would bring back 1980s ‘Star Wars’ space missile shield

By David Brown May 18, 2016 4:27 pm

White House spokesman Josh Earnest also said he is not privy to top-secret documents about UFO searchers' and conspiracy theorists' effort to figure out really happened in Roswell, N.M., in 1947. Some believe a spaceship landed in Roswell nearly 70 years ago. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch, File)

White House spokesman deflects on aliens, spaceships

By Nicole Duran May 16, 2016 9:50 pm

The full House fiscal 2017 defense policy bill includes the boost in Russian rocket numbers. (AP Photo/Alexander Kovalev, pool)

Group urges Congress to end reliance on Russian engines

By Jacqueline Klimas May 12, 2016 4:08 pm

WATCH: Stunning video of Blue Origin space vehicle landing in the desert

WATCH: Stunning video of Blue Origin space vehicle landing in the desert

By David Brown May 11, 2016 7:15 pm

An artist's concept depicts select planetary discoveries made to date by NASA's Kepler space telescope. (NASA/W. Stenzel)

NASA finds 1,284 new planets

By Kelly Cohen May 10, 2016 6:24 pm

House lawmakers early Thursday approved a defense policy bill that would, among other things, allow the U.S. to use more Russian rockets for national security-related space launches. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Lawmakers OK more Russian rockets for U.S. space launches

By Jacqueline Klimas April 28, 2016 8:49 am

Mac Thornberry shot down the idea of developing a new commercial launch system to get to space in his draft of the fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. (AP Photo)

Thornberry shoots down Air Force space launch plan

By Jacqueline Klimas April 25, 2016 8:26 pm

A prototype of what a Chinese Mars rover would look like in Shanghai, China. Head of the China National Space Administration Xu Dazhe said Friday that plans are being drawn up for the project that was formally announced in January and that it has the government's full support. (Chinatopix Via AP, File) CHINA OUT

China hopes to land on Mars by 2020

By Kelly Cohen April 22, 2016 11:18 am

Buzz Aldrin wants ‘United Nations’ project to Mars

By Paul Bedard April 15, 2016 9:00 am

John Podesta said his former boss, President Bill Clinton, asked for information on Area 51. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Clinton campaign chief: Americans can ‘handle the truth’ about UFOs

By Daniel Chaitin April 8, 2016 6:53 pm

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James made the case to Congress that the service must have access to 18 Russian-made RD-180 engines over the next few years to assure the service can launch satellites. (AP Photo)

Air Force needs Russian rockets for three more years

By Jacqueline Klimas February 10, 2016 5:29 pm