President Donald Trump deputized tech billionaire and SpaceX owner Elon Musk to bring back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station since June 2024. Butch Wilmore and Sunita ...

This week, America switched sides. Ukraine is out, Russia is in. President Trump has blamed Ukraine for starting the war that was started by Russia, and America’s traditional European allies are ...

Christian Davenport covers NASA and the space industry for The Washington Post's Financial desk. He joined The Post in 2000 and has had an array of assignments, including covering the D.C.-area ...

SpaceX's Starship lost control and started spinning wildly just as it reached space on Thursday, causing major flight disruptions in Florida over the possibility of falling debris. SpaceX lost ...

Caleb Vitello continues to lead the agency, confusing ICE employees and lawmakers who are unsure if they should still send him their official correspondence. Paul Clement, a former solicitor ...

By Kenneth Chang The former Google chief executive is taking a controlling interest in Relativity Space, which aims to build low-cost, reusable rockets to compete against Elon Musk’s SpaceX and ...

It features great detail and comes ready to launch - so it's perfect for space enthusiasts as well as those wanting to get into model rockets. This mesmerizing Milky Way Lego set features in our ...

Join moderator Jeffrey Goldberg, Peter Baker of The New York Times, Leigh Ann Caldwell of Washington Post Live, Francesca Chambers of USA Today and David Ignatius of The Washington Post to discuss ...

Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach and Orlando airports were issued the notice because of "space launch debris" until 8pm (1am UK time). Departures at the four Florida airports were delayed by an ...

March 8, 2025 • Within the span of a few days, another SpaceX Starship broke up on re-entry, and two other space companies faced failures. This reflects a new "fail-fast, learn-fast" ethos of ...

The reduction in funding for Iranian groups, based largely outside Iran, is affecting the work of human rights monitors, news outlets and civic activists. The Israeli right wing’s long term ...

Dan Diamond is a White House reporter for The Washington Post. He was previously a national health reporter covering politics, policy and public health. He joined The Post in 2021 after covering ...