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

Comet scientist offers tearful apology after the Internet is offended by his shirt

Comet scientist offers tearful apology after the Internet is offended by his shirt

By Becket Adams November 14, 2014 4:03 pm

Law enforcement officers take a closer look at the wreckage near the site where a Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket, SpaceShipTwo, exploded and crashed in Mojave, Calif. Saturday. The explosion killed a pilot aboard and seriously injured another while scattering wreckage in Southern California's Mojave Desert, witnesses and officials said. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Feds begin investigating Virgin Galactic crash

By Justin Green November 1, 2014 7:49 pm

Spacecraft to attempt comet landing next month

By Washington Examiner October 15, 2014 3:20 pm

In this photo taken Sept. 19, 2014, visitors to the Space Needle in Seattle interact with a large touch-screen photo display wall that lets visitors see historical photos as well as photos shared by other visitors. The display as well as a new tablet and mobile phone app are adding to the allure of one of Seattle's top tourist destinations. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

High-tech fun rivals view at Seattle Space Needle

By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP October 7, 2014 4:08 pm

European Space Agency sets date for comet landing

European Space Agency sets date for comet landing

By Washington Examiner September 26, 2014 4:09 pm

The Soyuz TMA-14M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for the International Space Station on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 carrying NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore and Russians Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space and the first Russian woman to live and work on the station. (AP Photo/NASA, Aubrey Gemignani)

US-Russian crew docks with space station

By Washington Examiner September 26, 2014 5:17 am

India releases first image of crater-scarred Mars

By Katy Daigle September 25, 2014 2:16 pm

Screens show Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeting Indian Space Research Organisation scientists and other officials after the success of Mars Orbiter Mission at their Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network complex in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. India triumphed in its first interplanetary mission, placing a satellite into orbit around Mars on Wednesday morning and catapulting the country into an elite club of deep-space explorers. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

India successfully puts spacecraft in Mars’ orbit

By Katy Daigle September 24, 2014 4:42 am

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk, left, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, look on during the Space X ground breaking ceremony at the Boca Chica Launch Site on the southern tip of Texas, Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. The commercial rocket launches that could begin as early as 2016 in the southernmost tip of Texas will be a critical step toward one day establishing a human presence on Mars, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said Monday. (AP Photo/The Brownsville Herald, Yvette Vela)

SpaceX breaks ground on Texas rocket launch site

By Christopher Sherman September 22, 2014 11:42 pm

In this undated image provided by NASA, astronaut Randy Bresnik prepares to enter The Boeing Company's CST-100 spacecraft for a fit check evaluation at the company's Houston Product Support Center. On Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, NASA will announce which one or two private companies wins the right to transport astronauts to the International Space Station. The deal will end NASA's expensive reliance on Russian crew transport. The contenders include SpaceX, Sierra Nevada Corp., and Boeing. (AP Photo/NASA)

NASA picks Boeing and SpaceX to ferry astronauts

By Marcia Dunn September 16, 2014 10:54 pm

NASA to partner with business on spaceflights

NASA to partner with business on spaceflights

By Kelly Cohen September 16, 2014 7:04 pm

NASA's Orion spacecraft, preparing for it's first flight, departs the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on its way to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Orion is scheduled for a test flight in early December. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

NASA’s newest human spacecraft on the move

By Marcia Dunn September 11, 2014 3:50 pm