"Americans are explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs and pioneers. The spirit of the frontier is written into our hearts," Trump says.

President Donald Trump made a bold promise to America minutes after taking the Oath of Office: pledging that an American flag would be planted on Mars. "The United States will once again ... a main launch contractor to NASA crewed and science missions.

Much of this revolves around the Space Launch System (SLS), NASA's heavy-lift rocket with contractors and suppliers spread across the country. China, meanwhile, has set its sights on landing in the lunar south pole by 2030, a move the United States is ...

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, scripting a stunning return to power after multiple felony convictions, two impeachments and a pair of assassination attempts.

Orbital dynamics show that President Trump’s pledge to land astronauts on Mars couldn’t happen until 2029 at the earliest.

The move marks a departure from practices seen under the Biden administration, where gay pride and Black Lives Matter flags were flown.

For more than 60 years, the military has launched reconnaissance, communications, and missile warning satellites into orbit. Trump's executive order calls for the Pentagon to come up with a design architecture, requirements, and an implementation plan for the next-generation missile defense shield within 60 days.

The U.S. flag code says American flags should not be displayed upside-down except as a signal of “dire distress,” but free speech protections prevent prosecution.

Experts told Newsweek about the difficulties of reaching Mars as the United States faces complex challenges in space policy.

The president said Democrats were "all 'giddy' about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at 'half mast' during my Inauguration."

In 2019, under the previous Trump administration, the State Department instructed missions that the rainbow flag may not be displayed on a “public-facing flagpole.” (Some embassies, such as those in South Korea and Israel, still put up pride flags or banners in public view, but not on poles.)

NASA said it would do that “as soon as practical.” By Kenneth Chang The United States is estimated to have spent more than $400 billion on the kinds of antimissile goals that the president n ...