In the race to cut the cost of reaching orbit, a UK-Spanish start-up is looking to an idea older than the Space Age: using a giant balloon to lift a rocket into the stratosphere, then firing it toward ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Ten years ago, the California State ...

China launched and partially recovered a rocket, state media said, a milestone for Beijing’s space program as it competes with the U.S. and Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The Long March-10B, in its maiden flight ...

High resolution images presents creating planets of the solar system. This image elements furnished by NASA.© Vadim Sadovski/Shutterstock.com During the height of the Space Race, space exploration ...

WASHINGTON — K2 Space and Rocket Lab have landed key supplier roles in the U.S. Space Force’s next-generation military communications network, SpaceNews has learned.

Chronicling the Seattle and Pacific Northwest startup scene. SEE MORE by Alan Boyle on Jun 2, 2026 at 7:54 pm June 3, 2026 at 2:29 pm Stoke Space has its 168,000-square-foot headquarters in Kent, Wash ...

Basic.Space is bringing its IRL retail event series to London for the first time, taking place at The Old Selfridges Hotel on June 13–14 The exhibitor lineup includes Samuel Ross, Completedworks, ...

China successfully launched another spacecraft Sunday that is set to carry three astronauts to its space station. One crew member aboard the Shenzhou 23 is expected to remain in space for one year, ...

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (center) applauds the signing of a cooperation agreement that will send a Pakistani astronaut to China’s space station, Feb ...

From Mercury & Apollo Missions to the Space Shuttle Program, Mars Rover Landings, and Artemis II. The astronauts of the Artemis II mission spoke to reporters at their first news conference since ...

In early April, NASA and its Artemis II mission inspired humanity to look toward the heavens. Now that the four-person space crew has returned home, however, the public still hasn't had its fill of ...

Drew Swanson is a News Article Editor from the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Being a gamer all his life and enjoying everything from ARPGs like Diablo to JRPGs like Pokemon and Persona, his ...