Woman claims space rock smashed into house after Houston-area blast rattles residents
A Houston-area woman claims a suspected meteorite crashed through her roof after a mysterious boom rattled the region, leaving a …
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Never-before-seen photos of Neil Armstrong's near-fatal NASA mission surface 60 years later
Neil Armstrong photos from NASA's 1966 Gemini 8 emergency splashdown near Japan are now public, donated to the Armstrong Air …
Trump threatens to deploy ICE agents to airports amid funding fight, vows arrests of illegal aliens
President Donald Trump warns he will deploy ICE agents to U.S. airports to arrest illegal immigrants if Democrats refuse to …
DNA building blocks on asteroid Ryugu, bacteria that eat plastic waste, and more science news
Remember when Japan sent a spacecraft to an asteroid 180 million miles away to scoop some dirt off the surface? …
Once again, ULA can't deliver when the US military needs a satellite in orbit
ULA's Vulcan launch vehicle is grounded after a solid rocket booster anomaly last month.
The request goes beyond a one-time move to transporting all types of
The request goes beyond a one-time move to transporting all types of vehicles.
NASA wants to know how the launch industry's chic new rocket fuel explodes
"We put fuel in a rocket, blow it up in a remote location, and measure how big the boom is."
America's UFO-inspired Carvel Flying Saucer turns 75 — and it's still flying off shelves
Carvel's Flying Saucer ice-cream sandwich is celebrating 75 years, with its origins tied to the 1950s UFO craze and Tom …
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin enters the space data center game
"Project Sunrise" would include more than 50,000 satellites performing high-energy compute on orbit.
Jeff Bezos just announced plans for a third megaconstellation—this one for data centers
"Space-based data centers will be a complement to terrestrial infrastructure."
Nasa’s Artemis II rocket begins slow crawl to launchpad in preparation for moon fly
Moon orbit program, preceding planned landing in 2028, has been delayed due to fuel leaks and clogged helium linesFor the …
Rocket Report: Canada makes a major move, US Space Force says actually, let's be hasty
"Our security, our prosperity, and our sovereignty will increasingly extend beyond our atmosphere."
Nasa returns moon rocket to pad and targets 1 April launch
After series of delays, US space agency hopes to carry out first crewed flyby of the moon in more than …
Feds investigate alarming near miss between Alaska Airlines jet, FedEx plane at busy Newark airport
Federal authorities will investigate a reported close call at Newark airport involving an Alaska Airlines and FedEx aircraft on crossing …
TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 nominations are still open
Nominate your startup, or one you know, for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 before May 27. Chance to win $100,000 equity-free …
K2 to launch its first high
K2's Gravitas is an ambitious project that aims to demonstrate the tech needed to build data centers in space.
100 years later, where is Robert Goddard's first liquid
"He didn't preserve it as a sacred object... "
A century after the first rocket launch, Ars staffers pick their favorites
"I realized that if something went wrong up there, things might go very badly down here."
Staff complain that xAI is flailing because of constant upheaval
Staff complain that the constant upheaval is destroying morale.
NASA officials sidestepped questions on Artemis II risks—there's a reason why
"This ought to make for some good reading," NASA's mission management team chair said.