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

People at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., celebrate as the InSight lander touches down on Mars on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018.

New York Times publishes, then deletes story alleging ‘fields of watermelons found on Mars’

By Mike Brest June 9, 2021 1:51 pm

Trump said during the campaign that Amazon has a "huge antitrust problem," and said he suspected that Jeff Bezos opposed Trump's presidential run in part because Trump might seek to do something about it. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Bezos to fly on his company’s first passenger spaceflight

By Mike Brest June 7, 2021 11:56 am

In this Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, U.S. Rep. Kendra Horn, D-Okla., speaks during a news conference in front of a post office in Oklahoma City.

Kendra Horn should not be executive secretary of the National Space Council

By Mark Whittington May 25, 2021 4:00 am

Russia wants in on the space tourism market, too

By Joel Gehrke May 18, 2021 10:01 pm

Obama acknowledges existence of UFOs

By Haley Victory Smith May 18, 2021 9:38 pm

China lands spacecraft on Mars

By Associated Press May 15, 2021 2:04 am

Trump’s Air Force secretary calls for warfighting focus to build Space Force budget

By Abraham Mahshie May 12, 2021 10:00 am

New Florida law says when space debris falls from the sky, property rights still apply

By Washington Examiner May 12, 2021 12:00 am

China’s space debris: What we know so far

By Kaelan Deese May 7, 2021 10:30 am

House Democrat fears looming space war: ‘We’ll all be dead’

By Joel Gehrke May 6, 2021 10:09 pm

In this photo from Monday, a Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket stands ready for launch on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The Falcon Heavy launched Tuesday afternoon with three first-stage boosters, strapped together with 27 engines in all. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

SpaceX successfully lands Mars prototype rocket for first time

By Kaelan Deese May 6, 2021 3:49 pm

DOD says it won’t shoot down falling Chinese space rocket

By Abraham Mahshie May 5, 2021 10:41 pm