Melina Mara - Pool / Getty Images Democrat Introduces Measure to Abolish Military Branch That 'Threatened Longstanding Peace' Congressional Democrats want to ground the Space Force, saying that space should be a place where no one ever has evil intentions. By Jack Davis September 26, 2021
(Saul Martinez / Getty Images Elon Musk Drags Joe Biden After the President Failed to Acknowledge Historic SpaceX Mission The purpose of the mission was both to study the human body in space and raise $200 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. By Thomas Catenacci September 20, 2021
Joe Raedle / Getty ImagesCommentary Groundbreaking Mission Shows Ordinary Americans Can Handle the Daunting Rigors of Space Travel SpaceX has conducted an orbital mission comprised entirely of amateurs - a first for space travel and a huge step toward space tourism. By C. Douglas Golden September 18, 2021
Joe Raedle / Getty Images Bezos Wants a Moon Landing Contract So Badly He's Suing NASA to Get One Blue Origin filed a complaint in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims following NASA’s April decision to award SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract. By Ailan Evans August 16, 2021
NASA - JPL - Caltech / AP Unusually Soft Rock Interferes with Mars Rover's Mission to Search for Signs of Life on Mars The Perseverance rover came up empty after attempting to collect its first core sample on the red planet for eventual return to Earth. By The Associated Press August 11, 2021
NASA / AP Scientists Find the Chances of Asteroid Bennu Colliding with Earth Are Higher Than They Initially Predicted While the chances of the asteroid clobbering the Earth are higher than expected, scientists believe a collision is unlikely. By The Associated Press August 11, 2021
ICON - NASA / AP NASA Encourages People to Embrace Their Inner Matt Damon With New Simulated Martian Experience To prepare for sending astronauts to Mars, NASA began taking applications Friday for four people to live for a year in Mars Dune Alpha. By The Associated Press August 6, 2021
Tony Gutierrez / AP On Same Day Bezos Went to Space, FAA Introduced 1 Little Rule Change That Could Humiliate Him New FAA rules mean that despite reaching the edge of outer space, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is no astronaut. By Johnathan Jones July 24, 2021
Joe Raedle / Getty ImagesOp-Ed Fred Weinberg: If the Billionaire Space Race Proves Anything, It's That Capitalism Works 'You can dislike Bezos’ politics - I do - but you cannot dismiss what he has accomplished. Or Elon Musk, or Richard Branson.' By Fred Weinberg July 20, 2021
David Lienemann / Getty Images World Enters New Era as Billionaire and Crew of Five Soar Into Space on the Private Vessel VSS Unity, Return Safely to American Spaceport Space tourism is moving closer to being a reality after Sunday's flight by Richard Branson when he and five people went to space. By Jack Davis July 11, 2021