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Massive SpaceX rocket takes flight as Trump watches alongside Elon Musk
Follow The Post’s live updates and watch live video as Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to launch its Starship rocket from Texas with President-elect Donald Trump there to watch.
Pentagon says nearly two dozen UFO sightings can't be explained: 'True anomalies'
More than 20 reports of UFOs made over the past year have stumped the Defense Department and "merit further analysis."
Elon Musk's SpaceX is trying for second successful 'Mechazilla' rocket catch with new Starship launch
It will mark the company's fastest turnaround yet for the rocket designed to take humans back to the moon -- and eventually Mars.
NASA astronauts clam up on which one got sick after 7 months on ISS
The three NASA astronauts who'd spent seven months living and working on the International Space Station would not disclose which of them spent the night in the hospital.
Don’t shun those who vote differently, when judges contravene Congress and other commentary
As “a lifelong leftist type” living on a farm in mostly conservative Greene County, New York, “I keep finding reasons to see my political adversaries as human,” muses Larissa Phillips...
NASA's Voyager 1 jumpstarts radio transmitter unused since 1981 to reach home
The Voyager 1 is the farthest spacecraft from Earth, extending far beyond even Pluto's orbit and outside the heliosphere.
NASA, SpaceX must 'maintain focus' after astronauts hospitalized, safety panel says
NASA’s safety panel is urging the agency and SpaceX to “maintain focus” amid recent mission setbacks, equipment malfunctions and the hospitalization of a crew returning from the International Space Station.
China's new crew has arrived at space station in sign of growing influence in space field
Besides putting a space station into orbit, the Chinese space agency has landed an explorer on Mars. It aims to put a person on the moon before 2030, which would make China the...
Boeing eyes exiting space race by selling off business with NASA: report
The sale of Boeing's space business would be a sharp turnaround from the company's space heydays.
Prada unveils surprising, new luxe line — high-tech spacesuits for women astronauts
One small step for women, one giant leap for this fashion house.
Mysterious US spaceship executing unprecedented maneuvers above Earth: 'National security missions in space'
The US Space Force have announced the X-37B spaceship will begin executing a series of "novel maneuvers" called aerobraking.
NASA’s wild plan to grow mushroom houses on the moon
The space agency is betting big on fungus to build future habitats on the moon and Mars.
SpaceX rescue mission to rescue two stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts stuck in orbit since June takes off
A SpaceX mission that took off at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1:17 p.m. on Saturday will help bring the two Boeing Starliner astronauts home and represents...
Here's how the stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts are passing the time on the ISS
Americans Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore found themselves marooned on the International Space Station (ISS) in June when the Boeing Starliner spacecraft they arrived on was deemed unsafe to fly...
How Elon Musk's SpaceX began a new 'Space Race' unlike any other
A new book charts the path of SpaceX, Elon Musk's re-usable rocket giant.
Why astronauts age slower in space: Here’s how much younger stranded explorers will be when they return to Earth
It's a different kind of space age.
'Smiley' face discovered on Mars may hint at life on the red planet
Wouldn't you be happy too?
Elon Musk predicts crewed SpaceX flights to Mars by 2028, hopes for 'self-sustaining city' on planet
SpaceX founder Elon Musk made bold predictions about human life on Mars in a series of social media posts on Saturday.
NASA set to send Navy SEAL-Harvard doctor-astronaut wunderkind into space
It's a resume that would make any mother weep with pride.
Send AI to space to spill human secrets to the aliens, scientists urge — but is it worth the risk?
One giant beep for mankind.