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’

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

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

Marcia Dunn September 16, 2014 10:54 pm

NASA to partner with business on spaceflights

NASA to partner with business on spaceflights

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

Marcia Dunn September 11, 2014 3:50 pm

Rocket explodes during test flight; no injuries

Rocket explodes during test flight; no injuries

Washington Examiner August 23, 2014 1:46 am

SpaceX to build rocket launch site in South Texas

SpaceX to build rocket launch site in South Texas

Christopher Sherman August 4, 2014 11:51 pm

UAE plans first Arab spaceship to Mars in 7 years

Aya Batrawy July 16, 2014 5:47 pm

Col. Buzz Aldrin, former Apollo 11 lunar module pilot, waves from inside a NASA Mobile Quarantine Facility, identical to the one he spent time in immediately upon his return from his voyage to the moon. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Buzz Aldrin says U.S. space policy ‘adrift,’ calls for Mars mission

Blake Seitz July 9, 2014 1:12 pm

SpaceX ready for third attempt to launch rocket

SpaceX ready for third attempt to launch rocket

Associated Press June 22, 2014 6:55 pm

Garrett Reisman, program lead for crew vehicles of the SpaceX, stands inside the SpaceX Dragon V2 at the headquarters on Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Hawthorne, Calif. SpaceX, which has flown unmanned cargo capsules to the International Space Station, unveiled the new spacecraft Thursday designed to ferry astronauts to low-Earth orbit. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

5 things to know about SpaceX’s flight plans

The Associated Press May 30, 2014 12:37 pm

Invited guest Robin Lee walks out of the cabin of the SpaceX Dragon V2 spacecraft at the SpaceX headquarters on May 29, 2014, in Hawthorne, California.

Elon Musk unveils spacecraft to ferry astronauts

RAQUEL MARIA DILLON May 30, 2014 12:30 pm

Watch these CrossFit fanatics fail painfully

Watch these CrossFit fanatics fail painfully

Morgan Chalfant May 30, 2014 4:09 am