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’

This artist's concept shows the test vehicle for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), designed to test landing technologies for future Mars missions. A balloon will lift the vehicle to high altitudes, where a rocket will take it even higher, to the top of the stratosphere, at several times the speed of sound. (Courtesy of JPL/NASA)

NASA prepares to test flying saucer

Emilie Padgett June 3, 2015 4:01 am

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Small satellites make U.S. ‘increasingly vulnerable’

Tara Copp February 10, 2015 10:00 am

"The United States must maintain our asymmetric advantage in space and that won't happen without congressional support and oversight," said Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., co-chairman of the Space Power Caucus. (AP Photo)

Lawmakers revive space caucus

Charles Hoskinson January 14, 2015 8:29 pm

millionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is on the verge of pocketing $1.5 million in subsidies from Waco, Texas, on top of $1.5 million from McLennan County, which includes Waco, the Waco Tribune reports. (AP Photo)

Millionaire Elon Musk to get $3 million subsidy from Waco-area taxpayers

Timothy P. Carney December 15, 2014 9:03 pm

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

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

Justin Green November 1, 2014 7:49 pm

Spacecraft to attempt comet landing next month

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

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

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

Washington Examiner September 26, 2014 5:17 am

India releases first image of crater-scarred Mars

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

Katy Daigle September 24, 2014 4:42 am