Space

European soldiers work with vendors to launch Micro High-Altitude Balloons during Arcane Thunder 26 at the National Training Center, California, April 2026.

How head of Army’s space command became a ‘huge believer’ on high-altitude surveillance balloons

Mike Brest · October 14, 2026 4:44 pm

Seagulls fly near the site of SpaceX's mega rocket Starship as it is prepared for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026.

Why SpaceX’s Starship orbital flight test is historic

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the space observatory Roman Telescope

AI’s data center problem could move to space

SpaceX's Starship rocket lifts off during a test flight from Starbase, Texas, with lots of billowing smoke up in arms around it.

Google to send experimental satellite with data center capabilities to space

Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess faces the American Flag as the National Anthem is played during his promotion ceremony.

Military prepares for war in space: ‘The demands right now… are not theoretical’

Editorial cartoon: Finding intelligent life

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?

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

Rudy Takala July 5, 2016 4:01 am

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kelly Cohen April 22, 2016 11:18 am