Vice President Mike Pence announces new name for Space Force members: ‘Guardians’

"It is my honor on behalf of the president of the United States to announce that henceforth the men and women of the United States Space Force will be known as ‘Guardians,’" Pence said during the ceremony.

SpaceX Starship crash-lands during highest test flight

SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas on Wednesday, but the 6 1/2-minute test flight ended in an explosive fireball at touchdown.

China successfully lands spacecraft on moon to bring rocks back to Earth

The China National Space Administration says Chang'e 5 successfully landed at its designated site shortly after 11 p.m., or 1500 GMT, Tuesday after making a powered descent from its orbiter.

Crew-1 astronaut first female to lift off from American soil since 2011

Dr. Walker will be the mission specialist for the Crew-1 mission. This will be her second long-duration mission aboard the ISS.

NASA releases never-before-seen pictures of Bennu, an asteroid that may hold the building blocks of life

Following Tuesday's historic touchdown on the asteroid Bennu, NASA has released never-before-seen images of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft kicking up rocks and debris on the space rock's surface.

Russian, American crew reach space station using a fast-track maneuver

A trio of space travelers has launched successfully to the International Space Station, for the first time using a fast-track maneuver to reach the orbiting outpost in just three hours.

Astronomers find 24 ‘superhabitable’ planets within Milky Way galaxy

Scientists have found more than a dozen '“superhabitable” planets within our galaxy that could potentially be an even better Earth.

NASA moves International Space Station path to avoid unknown space debris

The International Space Station boosted its orbit out of the way of an unknown piece of space debris that was expected to pass within several miles.

Fighter pilot says UFO he chased in 2004 committed 'act of war'

A former U.S. Navy fighter pilot spoke this month about what he says was an encounter with a “Tic Tac”-shaped UFO and believes the flying object committed an “act of war.”

Look out, Mars: Here we come with a fleet of spacecraft

The U.S., China and the United Arab Emirates are sending spacecraft to Mars in quick succession beginning this week.