Options for Trump's Space-Based 'Golden Dome' Missile Defense Shield Head to Hegseth for Approval U.S. Space Command said that it has finalized options for President Donald Trump's “Golden Dome” missile defense system and...
Billionaire Spacewalker Highlights Mars Trip for Astronauts in His Bid to Become NASA's Next Chief The nominee for NASA’s top job, billionaire spacewalker Jared Isaacman, outlined his vision for space exploration that...
Space Command Leader Calls for Space Weapons, Announces Funding for Satellite Refueling The leader of Space Command, Gen. Stephen Whiting, highlighted major wins at the Space Symposium, such as a combined exercise...
SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin Land $13.7 Billion in National Security Launches SpaceX took the biggest piece of the pie, but United Launch Alliance and newcomer Blue Origin will divvy up nearly $13.7...
Bitcoin Investor Buys an Entire SpaceX Flight for the Ultimate Polar Adventure A bitcoin investor who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers blasted off on the first rocket ride to...
Who Else Has Been Stuck in Space? A Short History of Long Spaceflights NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aren’t the first to run late in space, and their 9 ½-month mission falls...
First Space Force Guardian Launched into Space Returns with Stranded Astronauts As the commander of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission, Col. Nick Hague traveled 72,553,920 miles, spent 171 days in space, and...
NASA's Newest Space Telescope Blasts Off to Map the Entire Sky and Millions of Galaxies NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed into orbit to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at hundreds of...
NASA Astronauts on Extended Stay Aboard ISS Reflect on Mission's Work, Being Thrust into Political Scuffles After a weeklong trip turned into a nine-month stay aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and...
SpaceX's Latest Starship Test Flight Ends with Another Explosion Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another...
Another Fighter Jet Tumbles from Truman Carrier Deck into Red Sea The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier lost another F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet on Tuesday -- the third since it...
Tweaks to Army's Physical Fitness Test Are Relatively Modest The Army has approved a series of revisions to its physical fitness test, recalibrating performance benchmarks in a modest...
White House Says Trump’s Proposal to Rename Veterans Day Has Been Scrapped The White House has backed off President Donald Trump’s stunning social media proposal to change the name of Veterans Day to...
Weather and Night Vision Goggles Were Likely Factors in Marine Corps Helicopter Crash, Report Finds The CH-53 Super Stallion crashed Feb. 6, 2024, during a late night flight when it hit a mountain near Pine Valley, California...
Hegseth Works Hard to Portray Himself as a Man of the Troops. They Might Not Be Buying It. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and National Guardsman, has attempted to reframe the role of the...