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

News of a New Planet Beyond Neptune

By Joshua Gelernter May 29, 2017 9:00 am

The X-37B space plane completed a 718-day classified mission involving experiments conducted while orbiting the Earth. (U.S. Air Force via AP)

WATCH: The Air Force’s super-secret space plane lands after two-year mission

By David Brown May 8, 2017 5:07 pm

President Trump said he wanted to see a manned mission to Mars by the end of his presidency. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Trump wants to send a man to Mars during his presidency

By Kyle Feldscher April 24, 2017 2:31 pm

Orbital ATK, received permission from Glenn's widow Annie, to name the spacecraft after husband shortly after his death in December. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

NASA honors John Glenn with first full 360-view rocket launch: Watch

By Sean Langille April 18, 2017 4:33 pm

The weather balloon reached the second layer of Earth's atmosphere, called the stratosphere. (Twitter)

‘The first protest in space’ takes aim at Trump

By Daniel Chaitin April 13, 2017 11:05 pm

A spacesuit-clad Apollo astronaut stands proudly next to a red-white-and-blue American flag, his national trophy telling the lonely world "the United States was here." (NASA/Charlie Duke)

The American flags on the moon are disintegrating

By Business Insider and dave-mosher April 11, 2017 5:07 pm

Trump touts bipartisanship of NASA reauthorization in weekly address

Trump touts bipartisanship of NASA reauthorization in weekly address

By Daniel Chaitin March 25, 2017 10:35 am

A hearing next week could be akin to a sparring match between climate scientists who don't always get along. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

GOP-led climate science hearing could be a sparring match

By John Siciliano March 22, 2017 11:31 pm

"Perhaps there will be some future bill that makes a difference for Mars, but this is not it." (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Elon Musk not smiling about NASA budget signed by Trump

By Daniel Chaitin March 22, 2017 2:04 pm

Trump asks Rubio, Cruz if they want to be astronauts

Trump asks Rubio, Cruz if they want to be astronauts

By Anna Giaritelli March 21, 2017 8:59 pm

NASA’s climate satellites killed off, but rest of budget virtually intact

By John Siciliano March 16, 2017 12:37 pm

The SpaceX Falcon rocket launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 19 carrying a load of supplies for the International Space Station. (Craig Bailey/Florida Today via AP)

Private firms helping NASA wean itself off the Russians

By Daniel Chaitin March 13, 2017 5:01 am