If you liked this story, share it with other people. Space may be the final frontier, but the modern race to launch rockets and satellites at an unsurpassed rate has generated a large and rapidly ...

Space technologies are indispensable to national security and defense. Indeed, space-based capabilities are essential to modern life in the United States and across the globe. For fiscal year 2025, ...

"Unless something changes, it is highly unlikely the United States will beat China’s projected timeline." A Senate Commerce Committee hearing sounded the alarm over the U.S.-China space race, ...

NASA has banned Chinese citizens with US visas from participating in agency programs — a dramatic escalation in the space race between China and the United States. It occurs as China gears up to send ...

There are around 11,000 satellites orbiting Earth, and it is estimated that at least 50,000 more will be launched in the next decade. There are also exploration instruments, resupply vessels, and ...

"The country that lands on the moon first will shape the rules of engagement in space for decades to come." Both the United States and China are working to put their astronauts on the moon in the next ...

As NASA prepared astronauts for its second mission into space, National Geographic had exclusive behind-the-scenes access for the intense and out-of-this-world training these pioneers underwent.

“There are some who question the relevance of space activities in a developing nation. To us, there is no ambiguity of purpose.” When Dr Vikram Sarabhai uttered those words, India was yet to become ...

These two small spaceports in Sweden and Norway are racing to launch the first satellites from mainland Europe into space as the region looks to reduce its reliance on U.S. players. Europe has been ...

With NASA's International Space Station set to come out of service in 2030, American aerospace firm Vast has stepped into a ...