A SpaceX astronaut mission like no other will lift off from Kennedy Space Center on Monday night. Here's what to know.

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The country supports some of the world’s most important satellites. But experts worry about its proximity to Russia.

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North Korea unveiled for the first time a nuclear-powered submarine under construction, a weapons system that can pose a major security threat to South Korea and the US. State media on Saturday ...

The lander made its attempt at a landing near the Moon's Mons Mouton, a flat-topped mountain roughly 100 miles from the south pole, around noon on Thursday. But things didn't quite go as planned.

A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came less than 24 hours after the ...