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’

Pluto dressed in a false color Christmas portrait. (NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI)

Pluto fans get a Christmas gift from NASA

Daniel Chaitin December 25, 2015 6:34 pm

United Launch Alliance, a partnership of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, relies on Russian RD-180 rocket systems. (AP file photo/John Raoux)

Omnibus lifts ban on using Russian rocket engines

Jacqueline Klimas December 16, 2015 4:29 pm

An artist concept shows the Orion deep-space exploration vehicle, which will help pave the way for the trip to the Red Planet. (Courtesy of NASA)

NASA seeks people from ‘every walk of life’ to go to Mars

Daniel Chaitin December 15, 2015 2:44 am

It may more be related to lawmakers' interests in home states than anti-Russian sentiments, analysts say. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Lawmakers fight over Russian engines about politics, not threats

Jacqueline Klimas December 6, 2015 5:01 am

NASA finds potential water on Mars

NASA finds potential water on Mars

Robert King September 28, 2015 4:40 pm

The Obama administration says a new entity is needed to make sure threat information is effectively digested among multiple agencies. (AP photos)Â

U.S. policies have influenced Iranian, North Korean behavior in cyberspace

Charlie Mitchell September 14, 2015 4:01 am

Editorial cartoon: A distant, icy world

Washington Examiner July 14, 2015 4:00 am

Washington Examiner: Lost in space — The vast emptiness of America’s space vision

Washington Examiner: Lost in space — The vast emptiness of America’s space vision

Lisa Ruhl July 13, 2015 11:30 am

Lost in space

George Abbey July 13, 2015 4:01 am

NASA selects astronauts for commercial space flights

NASA selects astronauts for commercial space flights

Emilie Padgett July 10, 2015 6:43 pm

Rethinking America’s place in space

Rethinking America’s place in space

Arthur Herman July 7, 2015 4:01 am

This November 13, 2014 handout photo provided by the European Space Agency shows the surface of the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet as seen from the Philae lander, which landed on the comet's surface. (Photo ESA via Getty Images)

Scientists suspect signs of alien life on a comet

Emilie Padgett July 6, 2015 11:18 pm