Megan McArthur, First Woman to Pilot SpaceX Dragon, Retires from NASA After More Than 2 Decades Megan McArthur, who was born in Honolulu, first became enamored of spaceflight as a teenager living in Mountain View, Calif...
The Space Race Is Transforming Southern California’s Economy — Again Southern California has an illustrious aerospace heritage, starting with some of the first rocket experiments at what was to...
Hijacked Satellites and Orbiting Space Weapons: In the 21st Century, Space Is the New Battlefield Outer space has emerged as the world's next battlefield, demonstrated by recent cyberattacks on satellites blamed on Russia.
Navy Veteran Butch Wilmore, Who Spent Months Stuck in Space as a NASA Astronaut, Retires Barry “Butch” Wilmore has flown on the space shuttle, a Russian Soyuz, Boeing’s Starliner and a SpaceX Crew Dragon.
Russian and US Space Chiefs Meet to Discuss Continued Cooperation Russia’s space chief has visited the United States to discuss cooperation between Moscow and Washington on the International...
Astronauts Launch to the Space Station After Sidelined by Boeing's Troubled Starliner Astronauts sidelined for the past year by Boeing’s Starliner trouble blasted off to the International Space Station, getting...
Trump Taps Air Force and Space Force Generals as Next Service Vice Chiefs Nominations were put in front of the Senate for Space Force Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton and Air Force Gen. Thomas Bussiere to...
Golden Dome Expected to Supercharge Space Economy, Development Challenges Ahead President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" approved in early July allocated $25 billion for Golden Dome, a missile defense...
Elon Musk Pulls Back on Threat to Withdraw Dragon Spacecraft SpaceX is the only U.S. company capable right now of transporting crews to and from the space station, using its four-person...
SpaceX Launches Another Starship Rocket After Back-to-Back Explosions, But It Tumbles Out of Control After back-to-back explosions, SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship again, but fell short of the main objectives when the...
This World War II POW Endured More Than 50 Years in Captivity When Anna Gabulya saw a television report of a POW’s return to Hungary a half-century after he served during World War II...
What Turkey’s Shootdown of a Russian Jet Taught NATO — and Why It Matters Now In November 2015, a Russian Su-24 bomber strayed into Turkish airspace along the Syrian border. Within minutes, a Turkish F...
8 Legendary US Military Snipers The most notable snipers in U.S. military history aren’t just legends – they include real soldiers, sailors and Marines who...
Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Bribery Plot Retired Adm. Robert P. Burke, once the second-highest uniformed officer in the Navy, was commanding its forces in Europe and...
The Taliban Reject Trump’s Bid to Retake Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan “We want it back, and we want it back right away. If they don’t do it, you’re going to find out what I’m going to do," Trump...
