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’

BM1 (SW) Marco Negron stands on the foredeck of the U.S.S. Gabrielle Giffords LCS-10 as he gives a tour following the littoral combat ship's commissioning ceremony on Saturday, June 10, 2017, in Galveston, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Congress divided over aircraft, ships and space in defense bill

Travis J. Tritten June 12, 2018 4:00 am

On Thursday, scientists said NASA's Curiosity Mars rover found potential building blocks of life in an ancient lakebed and confirmed seasonal increases in atmospheric methane. The rover's arm which held the camera was positioned out of each of the dozens of shots which make up the mosaic.

NASA discovers ‘building blocks’ of life on Mars

Brooke Conrad June 7, 2018 7:45 pm

From left, actors Jason Isaacs, Sonequa Martin-Green and Shazad Latif pose for photographers during a photo call to promote the TV series 'Star Trek: Discovery' in London, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017.

Stay in the International Space Station!

Jared Whitley May 29, 2018 9:45 am

In this 2009 photo, Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean talks about the largest exhibition of his artwork to date, inspired by his experience walking on the moon, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing. He died at the age of 86 on Saturday.

Alan Bean, the fourth human to walk on the moon, dies at 86

Daniel Chaitin May 26, 2018 7:15 pm

Jim Mattis ‘wide open’ to potential reorganization of US military space operations

Travis J. Tritten May 23, 2018 11:11 pm

Mike Rogers: Air Force pays only lip service to space race against China

Travis J. Tritten May 22, 2018 4:00 am

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2007 file photo, radio telescopes of the Allen Telescope Array are seen in Hat Creek, Calif. Astronomers at the SETI Institute in Northern California say a steep drop in state and federal funds has forced the shutdown of a key program to search for extraterrestrial life. Dozens of radio dishes that make up the Allen Telescope Array in the mountains of far Northern California have scanned deep space since 2007 for alien signals.

Bill pushes NASA to hunt for alien life

Daniel Chaitin May 13, 2018 8:36 pm

President Donald Trump reacts to the crowd as he arrives to speak to navy and shipyard personnel aboard nuclear aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., Thursday, March 2, 2017. The ship which is still under construction is due to be delivered to the Navy later this year.

The better alternative to Trump’s military space branch

Tom Rogan May 1, 2018 9:00 pm

President Trump speaks during a ceremony to present the Commander in Chief trophy to the U.S. Military Academy football team in the Rose Garden.

Trump floats ‘Space Force’ as possible sixth military branch

Katelyn Caralle May 1, 2018 4:55 pm

Commerce Department’s space mission: tracking junk in low-Earth orbit

Steven Nelson May 1, 2018 4:00 am

The Parallel Universe of the New York Times

P.J. O'Rourke April 27, 2018 7:20 am

Space Commerce, the Final Bureaucratic Frontier

Haley Byrd April 24, 2018 8:27 pm