Space Exploration

Supreme Court ruling on mail-in ballots ensures astronauts can vote from space  — or anywhere else

Wally Funk, trailblazing pilot and astronaut, dies at 87

Astronaut flexes his muscles mid-spacewalk | Space photo of the day for July 7, 2026

Artemis moon astronauts visit Capitol Hill | Space photo of the day for July 6, 2026

'Flying saucer' arrives at NASA for Artemis 3 moon mission in time for World UFO Day | Space photo of the day for July 2, 2026

NASA audit puts Boeing's Starliner under an even bigger microscope: When will it fly astronauts again?

I got a sneak peek at space shuttle Endeavour's new home in California, and it's breathtaking (photos)

Menstruation in space will be studied for 1st time with 'Operation Period'

Astronaut captures snake-like auroras from a SpaceX Dragon | Space photo of the day for June 9, 2026

Twice in a row: SpaceX rocket aborts launch at last second again (video)

Rocket launch costs have dropped 96% since 1960. How low can they go?

SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: New liftoff set for this week

SpaceX will launch Starship, the world's largest rocket, on critical Flight 13 test on July 23. Here's what to expect.

Another reusable rocket? Japan launches, lands RV-X prototype (video)

'The dawn of a new space era': Vikram-1, India's 1st private orbital rocket, aces debut launch

Astronauts just launched on a Soyuz rocket with an energy-drink ad on it, continuing a Russian tradition

SpaceX's Starship Flight 13 test launch aborts at last second (video)

SpaceX launches 21 'data transport' satellites for US military (video, photos)

Four astronauts, 3 spacecraft, 2 weeks in orbit: Artemis III will be NASA's most complicated mission ever

Artemis II was an incredible reminder of our shared humanity just when we needed it most (op-ed)

Scientists told them, 'No, it's too dangerous,' but they did it anyway: Inside Japan's super-close asteroid flyby

Artemis Accords: What are they & which countries are involved?

'Full steam ahead': NASA ramps up prep for Artemis III astronaut launch in 2027

NASA begins stacking rocket ahead of 2027 Artemis III astronaut launch (photos)

149 million views! Artemis II moon mission breaks NASA's streaming record

China announces plan to build early-warning system for dangerous asteroids

NASA begins funding hardware for 'Skyfall' Mars helicopter mission

Annie Easley, a hero of NASA | Space photo of the day for June 19, 2026

SpaceX IPO brings Starship to NYC | Space photo of the day for June 16, 2026

SpaceX goes public with a mind-bogglingly historic IPO. The space industry may never be the same.

This cryptocurrency billionaire will fly SpaceX's 1st private Starship to Mars, but when?

Moon lander preps for the lunar surface | Space photo of the day for May 5, 2026

Private South Korean rocket exploded last December due to hardware failure, investigation finds

Japan's private Space One Kairos rocket explodes after launch failure during 3rd test flight

Blue Origin pausing space tourism flights for at least 2 years to focus on moon plans

Blue Origin launches 6 space tourists to the final frontier after last-minute crew swap (video)

An artificial 'Saturn's ring' of satellites could soon fill the sky, astronomers warn

Every SpaceX Starlink satellite has to dodge a collision almost weekly, and experts fear the worst

Space junk debris cloud discovered in high-traffic orbit 'is a potential minefield' for the costliest satellites

The FCC just gave Reflect Orbital permission to launch its 1st space mirror to orbit. Tens of thousands more could follow

Your lost dog can now call home with the world's 1st satellite-connected dog collar

SpaceX wants to launch 100,000 Starlink satellites to orbit

Shoebox-sized 'detector satellites' could sniff out a nuclear bomb in space

'This is the future of spatial intelligence': Vantor unveils stunning 3D satellite views of Earth (photos)

The US Space Force just got a new electromagnetic weapon to jam adversary satellites

Should we trust AI in the search for alien life? Scientists aren't so sure

White House appoints Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb to lead new UFO study group

Could evidence of life on Mars be hiding in clay? Europe wants to send a rover to check

Searching for alien life: New model could help scientists home in on habitable exoplanets

Was life delivered to Earth by asteroids with a helping hand from Jupiter?

NASA is building a new space telescope to search for life on nearby planets. What would it see on ancient Earth?

How should we handle alien detection in a world of AI, deepfakes and social media? This committee is writing the rulebook

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is not an alien spacecraft: SETI hunt for 'technosignatures' comes up empty

The UFO files: What did we learn from the Pentagon's 1st big release?