Space

China has recommitted itself to completing its orbiting space station by the end of the year.

Ahmad Hosseini, a Defense Ministry spokesman, described the launch as "initial," suggesting more are on the way.

The Space Force officially came into being on Dec. 20, 2019, when then-President Trump signed that year's annual defense...

NASA has picked 10 new astronauts, half of them military pilots, as it looks ahead to the moon and Mars.

If all goes well, the boxy, 1,200-pound craft will slam head-on into Dimorphos, an asteroid 525 feet across, at 15,000 mph.

U.S. officials on Monday accused Russia of destroying an old satellite with a missile in what they called a reckless and...

U.S. officials say a Russian weapons test created the space junk that is now threatening the seven astronauts aboard the...

A SpaceX rocket carried four astronauts into orbit Wednesday night, including the 600th person to reach space in 60 years.

Their homecoming paved the way for SpaceX's launch of their four replacements as early as Wednesday night.

For crew launches, SpaceX requires good weather all the way up the Eastern Seaboard and across the North Atlantic to Ireland.