The Space Force proved instrumental in thwarting an Iranian missile attack on American bases in Iraq last year, a new report shows.
China and Russia achieved major progress in their respective space programs this week. 
Vice President Mike Pence touted the success of President Donald Trump's space policy at the final National Space Council meeting of the administration on Wednesday.
According to my second-favorite website, Space.com, Chinese communists set foot on American soil this week by successfully landing a spacecraft on the moon.
China launched a probe directed to collect lunar samples on Tuesday, making it the first country to do so in nearly 50 years.
Famed astronaut Buzz Aldrin on Saturday endorsed incumbent senator Martha McSally (R., Ariz.) over fellow astronaut Mark Kelly (D.) in the upcoming election. The Trump administration is upending decades of American retreat in the final frontier to pull ahead of Russia and China in a 21st-century space race, according to a top Trump administration official. 
Iran has quietly been developing a dangerous, militaristic space program, an Israeli defense expert said Friday.
A top Pentagon official announced on Tuesday that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army is building its capacities toward "space great power status."
China now operates the second-largest fleet of satellites in orbit, The Wire China reported Sunday.
