Artemis II also serves as a bridge to Artemis III, the mission where NASA plans to land astronauts near the moon's south pole, currently targeted for 2028. A credible, near-term human return signals that the U.S. is moving beyond experimentation and toward a sustained presence.

China plans to launch space‑based artificial intelligence data centres over the next five years, state media reported on Thursday, a challenge to Elon Musk’s

SpaceX is the most anticipated market debut of the decade, and space ETFs like the Procure Space ETF (NASDAQ:UFO), ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF (BATS:ARKX), and State Street SPDR S&P Kensho Final Frontiers ETF (NYSEARCA:ROKT) will be the biggest beneficiaries.

Time in space affects the body, but research has found that it can also quite literally affect the mind, prompting questions about the safety of space travel.

“This is the year of the giants. It’s what we’re calling it on the Space Coast. And we’re bringing Starship out to the Space Coast": Col. Brian Chatman.

Speaking Jan. 28 at the SpaceCom Space Mobility conference, Whiting said the idea for a commercially integrated tabletop exercise was driven by reports that Russia intends to field a nuclear weapon in orbit. “A nuclear detonation in outer space would cause devastating consequences for the United States, the world and the global economy,” he said.

The space sector showed signs of heating up in the second quarter despite global uncertainty triggered by U.S. trade tariffs. Space startups kept drawing in funds over the April-June stretch, riding the high of "sustained interest" in defense opportunities ...

On April 14, 2025, Blue Origin launched six women—Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyễn, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flynn and Lauren Sánchez—on a suborbital journey to the edge of space. The headlines called it a historic moment for women in space.

Retired astronaut Peggy Whitson, America's most experienced space flier, and three rookie crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off on a privately-financed flight to the International Space Station early Wednesday - the fourth non-government ...

On Thursday, Northrop Grumman-backed Firefly Aerospace — whose Blue Ghost lander successfully touched down on the Moon earlier this year — surged in its Nasdaq debut under the ticker symbol FLY. Other companies, such as Karman Holdings and Voyager ...

There has been much discussion in the space community recently about building large data centers in orbit to avoid the environmental consequences of sprawling computing facilities on Earth. These space-based data centers could take advantage of the always ...