Space

The U.S. Space Force on Friday announced the first two task orders under a revamped five-year program that awards national security missions, and both of the awards went to SpaceX.

After a decade of advocacy from scientists, the mission may launch as early as Friday, and will investigate Jupiter's icy moon Europa, which is suspected of harboring a vast ocean capable of supporting life.

The university's new facility includes dedicated lab space for designing and building satellites, a digital engineering lab, and a nanofoundry to develop new materials for satellite construction and quantum computing.

Cyber threats to water systems, electrical grids and the space sector are on the rise, but new resources, policies and strategies could help.

Calling regulators' actions against the company nonsense, SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell updated lawmakers on the company and urged them to continue support.

Ham the “Astrochimp” made history when he became the first member of his species to be launched into space in 1961. But after becoming famous, he lived alone for almost two decades, historians said.

The National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation will co-fund two new AI research programs for astronomical sciences across several partner universities, intended to make huge volumes of data more intelligible.

The newly created Texas Space Commission is looking for applicants for grants from the Space Exploration and Aeronautics Research Fund, marking one of the first tangible actions of the agency.

Aging infrastructure, short-term thinking and ambitions that outstrip its funding are just a few of the problems threatening the future of America's vaunted civil space agency, according to a new report.

SpaceX has announced that it will be moving its company headquarters to Brownsville, Texas, and as such, Brownsville Mayor John Cowen recently discussed what it means for his city.

The arrival this week of Blue Origin’s new rocket landing support ship marks a busy time for Port Canaveral as a mix of government and private maritime ship traffic begins to pick up steam.

University of Florida horticulture science professor Rob Ferl is joining five others on the launch of Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard rocket for what will be its eighth human spaceflight.

Aerospace engineers, graduate assistants and professors are re-creating the conditions of space as they build and test miniaturized sensors and instruments to help NASA better understand the cosmos.

SpaceX is apparently seeking permission from federal regulators to land its Super Heavy booster at its Boca Chica Beach launch tower rather than have it splash into the Gulf of Mexico during Starship's next flight.

Plus, Waymo reports 50,000 weekly driverless taxi rides in three major cities, research finds investments in renewable energy are paying off and parrots, it turns out, like to FaceTime their friends.

Federal approval for the fifth flight of Starship may take longer than predicted if the company aims to land the craft's Super Heavy booster back on its launch pad rather than in the Gulf of Mexico.

Weather or technical glitches notwithstanding, the state of Maine’s inaugural research satellite was due to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California early Tuesday. Its aim? Collecting climate data.

The roundtable exercise at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory included nearly 100 representatives from across U.S. government agencies as well as international collaborators on planetary defense.