When a mysterious crescent appeared over Moscow in 1967, alien enthusiasts were unaware they were actually tracking a ...

Recently, Iran launched three Earth observation satellites as part of a ride-share arrangement on a Russian Soyuz rocket. The mission was the latest for the Iranian space program, ostensibly civilian ...

Japan’s national space agency – the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) – was established in 2003, but the history of Japan’s space programs dates all the way back to early developments in ...

Blue Origin has “paused” its New Shepard program for the next two years, a move that likely signals a permanent end to the suborbital space tourism initiative. The small rocket and capsule have been ...

In the spring of 1967, a series of unusual sightings began to grip the ...

MXES appears briefly in the story — but its purpose changes everything. This theory uncovers what MXES actually is, why it was created, and how it connects to controlling the Mimic. What looks like a ...

A US House committee with oversight of NASA unanimously passed a “reauthorization” act for the space agency on Wednesday. The legislation must still be approved by the full House before being sent to ...

We track the strange, classified rise of the X-37B, the U.S. military’s reusable robotic space plane that keeps returning from years-long missions with almost no public explanation. From its NASA ...

NASA said Tuesday that it has postponed the second mission of its Artemis program, pushing the highly anticipated launch from Feb. 8 into March. During a wet dress rehearsal of the rocket-towering ...

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. When Apollo 13 looped around the Moon in April 1970, more than 40 million people around the world watched the United States recover from a ...

It's a tough trick to catch a cosmic firework just as it explodes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the ...

U.S. Space Force Guardians monitor workstations at Vandenberg Space Force Base, home of the Combined Space Operations Center. These operators ensure satellite services, including GPS and missile ...