The third try turned out to be closer to the charm for Elon Musk and SpaceX,…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
Taiwan Is Building a Satellite Network Without Elon Musk
In Taiwan, the government is racing to do what no country or even company has been…
SpaceX to Launch Third Starship Test Flight: Live Updates
Updated March 14, 2024, 6:03 a.m. ET March 14, 2024, 6:03 a.m. ET SpaceX is trying…
Space One Rocket Explodes Seconds After Launch in Japan
The first rocket launched by the Japanese start-up Space One exploded seconds after takeoff on Wednesday,…
Richard Truly, 86, Dies; Shuttle Astronaut Who Went On to Lead NASA
Richard Truly, a naval aviator and astronaut who flew aboard two early space shuttle missions and,…
Elon Musk Has a Giant Charity. Its Money Stays Close to Home.
“The really striking thing about Musk is the disjuncture between his outsized public persona, and his…
Pentagon Review Finds No Evidence of Alien Cover-Up
In the 1960s, secret test flights of advanced government spy planes generated U.F.O. sightings. More recently,…
Good News and Bad News for Astronomers’ Biggest Dream
The United States should commit $1.6 billion to building an “extremely large telescope” that would vault…
A Nova in the Night Sky Will Make ‘a New Star’: How to See it.
If you keep a close eye on the night sky in the weeks and months ahead,…
‘Space: The Longest Goodbye’ Review
In “Space: The Longest Goodbye,” scientists researching the problems of long-term space exploration go where movies…