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’

Pentagon launches preemptive strike on Senate UFO law

Tom Rogan November 24, 2021 7:00 pm

Pentagon creates new organization to investigate UFOs

Mike Brest November 24, 2021 4:23 pm

SpaceX launches satellite to crash into asteroid

Ryan King November 24, 2021 3:41 pm

Handwritten copy of Einstein’s theory of relativity notes sells for more than $15M

Elizabeth Faddis November 24, 2021 2:16 am

Michael Strahan is going to space

Luke Gentile November 23, 2021 10:05 pm

FILE - This Tuesday, March 26, 2013 file photo provided by NASA shows the release of the SpaceX Dragon-2 spacecraft from the International Space Station. A delayed supply run to the International Space Station is now set to launch April 14, 2014. The private company SpaceX will be making its fourth trip to the space station from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch was postponed twice in March, the last time because of an electrical short on Air Force ground equipment. NASA announced the new launch date on Friday, April 4, 2014. The moon is at background center. (AP Photo/NASA)

Missile tests by Russia and China should be ‘wake-up call’ for Biden, experts say

Mike Brest November 17, 2021 11:00 am

Russian Defense Ministry denies weapons test endangered ISS astronauts

Asher Notheis November 16, 2021 5:11 pm

Why Russia just created an orbital debris field

Tom Rogan November 15, 2021 9:29 pm

International Space Station astronauts take cover from space debris amid reports Russia shot down satellite

Asher Notheis November 15, 2021 6:12 pm

Entrepreneur who flew to space with William Shatner dies in plane crash

Misty Severi November 12, 2021 9:28 pm

The future of space travel according to Branson, Musk, and Bezos

Jeremy Lott November 5, 2021 3:00 am

Gen. Mark Milley

‘Your best defense is a good offense’: Top general hints at US plan to gain ‘decisive advantage’ in war with China

Joel Gehrke November 3, 2021 6:12 pm