Jessica Frick wants to build furnaces in space. Her company, California-based Astral Materials, is designing machines that can grow valuable materials in orbit that could be used in medicine ...

There are a lot of exciting developments, and some of the most exciting when thinking about space are coming from the USRA's Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (RIACS), which is on ...

Space Force already has at least one ‘Space Ranger’ and several “Space Cowboys” who’ve completed an infamous “spur ride” with 1st Infantry Division cavalry scouts. But now the newest ...

The U.S. Space Force is keen to add to its arsenal a spacecraft that would essentially serve as the cosmic equivalent of an aircraft carrier. Appropriately known as an "orbital carrier," the ...

That now classic tagline (from Alien, one of the greatest science-fiction horror movies ever made) hinges on a big assumption that most of us broadly make: space is empty. And it is—mostly.

They could tell from fluctuations in the radio signal that Ranger 4 had not stabilized itself like it was supposed to. Instead, it was tumbling around in space with its solar panels still tucked ...

Longtime NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who has ventured to space four times, returned to Earth on Saturday night from the International Space Station. Pettit, who turned 70 on Sunday, landed at 9:20 ...

The real revolution in the space economy isn't rockets. I believe it's the profound shift to systems-level thinking, unlocking previously unimaginable opportunities. Space has long captivated ...

The Space Force has defined what it means by “space warfighting” in a new document that service officials hope will give a clearer picture to guardians and joint planners of how the service ...

Furthermore, if each ship were to have such a designated scooter parking zone, that would take up valuable public space ... and even Sheb Wooley. The funny thing is – I’ve heard a lot of ...

or science — operate in space. "If you run out of fuel, you run out of life," Thomas said. Mark was the science editor at Mashable. After working as a ranger with the National Park Service ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The head of U.S. Space Command is calling for weapons to be deployed in space, the most explicit call yet for offensive space capabilities. “It's time that we can ...