Space is now just a little more crowded. This week, both the United States and China launched rockets as competition between the two nations intensifies. SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launched satellites Tuesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. China launched a module to complete its space station. Most of the details around Falcon Heavy’s payload…

Like many communities along the southern border, El Paso is overwhelmed with migrants. Vice President Kamala Harris said the U.S.-Mexico border is secure, but new data from the Department of Homeland Security and on-the-ground reports show that statement is false. The Washington Free Beacon, citing internal communications from DHS, reports there are now 8,000 migrant…

Another Chinese rocket is going to crash down to earth. It’s not entirely clear when or where the rocket will land, but the good news is it probably won’t hurt anyone. Since the Chinese military controls the country’s space program, China is excluded from participating in the International Space Station. So, it’s building its own.…

The race to control more of space continued to heat up this week. Russia announced plans to create its own space station, while China sent crews to work on the final phases of its new orbital outpost. And the U.S. continues to work on future outer-space options. Moscow announced Tuesday that it is pulling out…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been pushing for more than a year to get the OK from the Federal Communications Commission to provide mobile Starlink internet service to boats, planes and automobiles. The company got its wish this week when the FCC authorized the use of the technology on moving vehicles. SpaceX first asked the FCC…

SpaceX launched its first private charter flight to the International Space Station on Friday. The four-man team blasted off on Friday for more than a week’s stay as NASA joins Russia in hosting guests at the world’s most expensive tourist destination. If all goes as planned, the three rich businessmen and their escort, retired NASA…

After setting a record for the longest spaceflight by an American, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei landed in a remote part of Kazakhstan. The 355-day flight, which began April 9, 2021, beat the previous record of 340 days set by Scott Kelly back in 2016. “Beautiful out here,” Vande Hei remarked about what appeared to…

Just two days after NASA and SpaceX welcomed four astronauts back to Earth, four more astronauts were launched into space via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday night. According to a news release from NASA, the rocket lifted off at 9:03 p.m. EST. The astronauts were expected to dock at the International Space Station at…

NASA and SpaceX welcomed four astronauts back to Earth Monday. Their arrival comes just two days before NASA and SpaceX are expected to launch four more astronauts into space. SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft was supposed to leave the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, with its capsule splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday…

The second passenger flight for Jeff Bezos’ space travel company Blue Origin includes a special guest: “Star Trek” star William Shatner. His invitation to make the trip was due in no small part to Bezos being a huge fan of the show. “We’re just at the beginning, but how miraculous that beginning is,” Shatner said…