May 2, 2025 was National Space Day, an occasion to reflect on the history of the American spaceflight program for all its triumphs and tragedies, as well as to pause and consider all of the ...

A space career field for enlisted soldiers is coming to the Army as the U.S. builds up its space-based capabilities. The Army is planning for about 900 40D space operations specialists who would ...

The White House is reviving the National Space Council, a historically influential policy body that could help guide the administration’s ambitious space goals, while acting as a counterbalance ...

A NASA astronaut recently shared what a cheeseburger in space looks like. Taking to X, Jonny Kim, a NASA astronaut on board ...

India is conducting a rare and very sophisticated "dogfight" in space between a 'chaser' and 'target' satellite orbiting nearly 500 kilometers above the Earth. This comes close on the heels of ...

Lt. Gen. Sean Gainey, commander of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, speaks at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Credit: U.S. Army photo by Sgt. ZaBarr Jones WASHINGTON ...

The first time a physicist told me they wanted to get rid of space-time, on a cold January morning earlier this year, I stopped typing my interview notes and clutched my New Scientist mug of tea.

The European Space Agency is assessing how proposed cuts to NASA's budget could impact it and its member states as major cooperative missions face the threat of cancellation. The Trump ...

But when it comes to refueling satellites in orbit — a capability touted by commercial space companies — top U.S. Space Force officials remain unconvinced. “I don’t know that I see the ...

Now that the Rangers have their coach, the roster work can begin. The Blueshirts agreed to terms on a two-year contract extension with pending restricted free agent forward Juuso Pärssinen on ...

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying Amazon's Project Kuiper's first production satellites lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. (Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo ...