A Russian Soyuz rocket is raised on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 5, 2025. Launching three days later, it carried NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts ...

In 2000, hacker Gary McKinnon broke into U.S. government computers and claimed to find evidence of a secret space program. What he saw sparked panic—and a decade-long fight for his freedom. New York ...

As an institution, the Pentagon has come to be known for many things over the years — its transparency, its generosity, its cunning. Consistency is not one of them. SpaceX, a private company with a ...

WASHINGTON — NASA plans to test SpaceX’s Starshield satellite network, designed primarily for national security customers, to support operations of the agency’s Deep Space Network. In a Dec. 11 ...

Larry Bell (left) and Chet Vaughan worked for many years for NASA from the moon landings to the International Space Station. When former astronauts from the Apollo era pass away, it tends to make the ...

It appears that Trump is de-prioritizing NASA and America’s overall space mission during his second term—a strange turn of events, considering his mastery of space policy issues during his first.

Nearly 4,000 NASA employees have opted to leave the space agency through the Trump administration's deferred resignation program, NASA said on Saturday. The cuts amount to an estimated 20% of NASA's ...

The Orion spacecraft being prepared for the Artemis 2 mission. Exploration programs would get a sharp funding increase in a House spending bill for fiscal year 2026. Credit: NASA/Rad Sinyak The recent ...

The resignations will reduce NASA's workforce by more than 20%, to roughly 14,000. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA is about ...

As president, Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire for a U.S. rapprochement with Russia, in distinct contrast with the policies of previous administrations. On June 16, for instance, he ...