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’

Kamala Harris’s NASA video featured child actors

Katherine Doyle October 11, 2021 7:54 pm

NASA announces plans to target asteroid as part of ‘planetary defense’ procedure

Elizabeth Faddis October 6, 2021 7:15 pm

Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, is on the left. Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, is on the right.

Russian actress sent to International Space Station to film first movie in space

Luke Gentile October 5, 2021 3:49 pm

(Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

Capt. Kirk is headed back to space

Luke Gentile October 4, 2021 3:58 pm

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres makes remarks at a press conference.

UN secretary-general gets space tourism wrong

Michael Rubin October 1, 2021 4:36 pm

Word of the Week: ‘JEDI’

Nicholas Clairmont October 1, 2021 3:00 am

Blue Origin, the private space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, has released video of the April 2 launch and landing of its prototype reusable rocket.

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin pushes back amid allegations of fostering a sexist workplace

Luke Gentile September 30, 2021 8:24 pm

Anti-SpaceX lobbying campaign casts new light on Elon Musk’s Biden beef

Christian Datoc September 23, 2021 2:51 pm

A display from The Satanic Temple-Chicago has been placed in the Statehouse rotunda at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. It joins the Nativity scene to mark the Christmas season and the Menorah to mark Hanukkah.

‘Is this Star Trek enough?’: Space Force ridiculed over new uniforms

Asher Notheis September 21, 2021 8:20 pm

UN secretary-general blasts billionaires taking ‘joyrides to space’

Virginia Aabram September 21, 2021 7:33 pm

In this July 11, 2021 photo provided by John Kraus, from left, Hayley Arceneaux, Chris Sembroski, Jared Isaacman and Sian Proctor float during a zero gravity flight out of Las Vegas. The plane, a modified Boeing 727, flies multiple parabolic arcs to provide 20-30 seconds of weightlessness.

Why the space race should inspire climate-minded young people

Danielle Butcher Franz September 16, 2021 7:23 pm

Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond (11) passes down field against Texas State during the first half of an NCAA college football game on Aug. 29, 2019.

Forget the astronomers: Sept. 22 is not the ‘official first day of fall’

Timothy P. Carney September 16, 2021 6:42 pm