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’

A Polish Airlines LOT Boeing 787 lands in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. The European Union's antitrust authority on Tuesday approved the Polish government's 200 million-euro (US dollar 270 million) bailout for its ailing national carrier, LOT airlines. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Russia’s satellite jammers are interrupting commercial airlines

Max Thornberry April 1, 2022 1:32 pm

US astronaut completes record-breaking mission alongside Russians

Christopher Hutton March 30, 2022 2:12 pm

Russian cosmonauts don Ukrainian flag colors as they board space station

Ryan King March 19, 2022 6:10 pm

Cast member and executive producer Pete Davidson poses at the premiere of the film "Big Time Adolescence" during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, in Park City, Utah.

SNL’s Pete Davidson no longer scheduled to fly on Blue Origin

Christopher Hutton March 18, 2022 12:21 pm

People at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., celebrate as the InSight lander touches down on Mars on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018.

Here’s why Europe won’t be going to Mars this year

Max Thornberry March 17, 2022 11:07 pm

Cast member and executive producer Pete Davidson poses at the premiere of the film "Big Time Adolescence" during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, in Park City, Utah.

SNL’s Pete Davidson will fly into space on Blue Origin flight

Christopher Hutton March 14, 2022 4:54 pm

NASA’s latest giant leap: Preferred pronouns for employees

Greg Wilson March 10, 2022 8:09 pm

Russian space chief talks of space station crashing down to Earth

Asher Notheis February 25, 2022 10:38 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo, Matthew McConaughey attends A+E Network's "HISTORYTalks: Leadership and Legacy" in New York. McConaughey has gone from advertising for driving to selling people on staying home. The Academy Award winner whose commercials for Lincoln vehicles have been a TV staple for years is the narrator and co-writer of a public service announcement promoting isolation during the coronavirus pandemic

What Matthew McConaughey got wrong about the new space age

Mark Whittington February 24, 2022 5:15 am

Virgin Galactic offers $450,000 space tourist ticket sales for limited time

Christopher Hutton February 16, 2022 2:03 pm

SpaceX sells three more flights to Shift 4 billionaire Jared Isaacman

Misty Severi February 14, 2022 7:31 pm

FILE - In this July 1969 file photo, Astronaut Edwin Aldrin walks by the footpad of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module.

Sorry, Candace Owens, but men really did walk on the moon

Mark Whittington February 8, 2022 5:05 am