A Florida State University economics professor's latest research offers a new perspective on the long-held belief that the ...

If you want to put people back on the moon, don’t gut the agency in charge of getting them there. The senator wanted a promise. A solemn vow. For the last six years—or maybe the last decade or quarter ...

A look at how the space race evolved in 2025, key missions that slipped, and why 2026 is looking to be a banner year for lunar and commercial spaceflight.

Google, SpaceX and Blue Origin are reportedly racing to develop technology for AI data centers in space, but it will likely be years before we see them rocketing into the sky, experts say. "I don't ...

U. S. Space Force guardians conduct training and maintenance with the Counter Communications System (CCS) at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, July 2, 2025. (Amber Mullins/U.S. Space Force). As the ...

As space rapidly becomes an essential battlefield, Europe risks being left behind. Its current approach to the new space race — regulate first, compete later — is unlikely to help. Ukraine’s ...

“I do think we are in a Space Race 2.0. It's essential that we win…Leaning on SpaceX and that private sector is critical and at the core of that.” Steve Yates is confident that SpaceX and the private ...

Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out. By Eric Niiler The ...

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The global space industry is accelerating toward commercialization. But recent developments in South Korea and China underscore how difficult—and uneven—that ...

HOUSTON — I always get nostalgic when I come to Houston, the “Space City,” as I did for Saturday’s Texas Bowl between LSU and the Houston Cougars. I loved space long before I loved sports. Before I ...