List of Space articles
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Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense in Washington on May 17. (Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Rusty Frank) Trump Considers Firing Air Force Chief Over Space Force Pushback
The president appears to be tired of Pentagon officials slow rolling his orders.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis arrives for a press conference at the Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations in Stanford, California, on July 24. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The Incredible Shrinking Defense Secretary
James Mattis accepts tactical retreats to retain influence with Donald Trump. But the losses are piling up.
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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announces the Trump administration's plan to create the U.S. Space Force by 2020 during a speech at the Pentagon August 9, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Security Brief: What Trump’s Space Force Will and Won’t Do; U.S. Sanctions Rattle Markets, Allies
Catch up on everything you need to know about Trump’s Space Force, the impact of powerful new White House sanctions on Russia, Turkey and Iran, an interview with U.S. Central Command chief Gen. Joseph Votel, and more.
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Supporters of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listen to him give remarks as they gathered in front of the AK Party headquarters on June 25, 2018 in Ankara, Turkey. Mustafa Kirazli/Getty Images Security Brief: Fight Brewing Over Turkish F-35; Trump Backs Space Force
Trump is headed for a collision with Congress and military leaders after backing space force.
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Astronaut Bruce McCandless II participates in an extravehicular activity outside the Challenger shuttle during the STS-41B mission in April 1983. (NASA) Trump’s Space Force Faces Hurdles in the Pentagon and Congress
The U.S. president's plan could put him at odds with his defense secretary.
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Billionaires May be the Future of Space Travel
Privately funded space ventures are altering the industry … and, maybe, the final frontier itself.
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Robin Lee walks out after touring the cabin of the Dragon V2 after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled the company's new manned spacecraft, The Dragon V2, on May 29, 2014. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Billionaires May Be the Future of Space Policy. Here’s What They Want.
Space nations, UFOs, and Mars colonies are on the wish list.
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The Chinese flag flies before a rising moon at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Dec. 13, 2013. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images) The Next Space Race Is Artificial Intelligence
And the United States is losing.
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NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer during a planned six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk Jul. 12, 2011. (NASA via Getty Images) Mars-a-Lago: Can the Trump Administration Get Us Beyond the Moon?
Experts doubt a coherent space policy from the Trump administration.
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Astronaut on moon President Trump Needs to Go to the Moon
And then Mars, obviously.
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A Long March 2F rocket carrying the country's first space laboratory module Tiangong-1 lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on September 29, 2011 in Jiuquan, Gansu province of China. The unmanned Tiangong-1 will stay in orbit for two years and dock with China's Shenzhou-8, -9 and -10 spacecraft for China's eventual goal of establishing a manned space station around 2020. How SpaceX Launched a Chinese Experiment Into Space, Despite U.S. Ban
Where Congress sees security risks, private industry sees opportunity.
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gsat-9 Pakistan Spurns Indian Offer to Join in Regional Satellite
Geopolitics are their own gravitational force.
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nasa-crop News So Foreign It’s Out of This World: Scientists Discover Seven New Potentially Habitable Planets
Hopefully a few of the planets have oil so we can invade them.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Innovations: How to Live Like Matt Damon in ‘The Martian’
A super-powered micro-animal, a hacker-proof grid, and more.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hello, Death Star: Russia Had a Secret Cold War Space Station Equipped with Cannons
The clandestine celestial war between superpowers isn't over. It's just getting more high-tech.
