The Fairchild C-123 began as a 70,000-pound glider that couldn’t take off, until engineers added engines, jets, skis, and even floats. From Cold War experiment to cargo legend, this is where the chaos ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is entering trade negotiations with a grand strategy inspired by his understanding of what the ...

The Zero Units served alongside Americans, helping them fight, then evacuate. Now, they face uncertainty as they begin new ...

This series of articles examines why today’s nuclear landscape is more complicated and, in many ways, more precarious than ...

During the Cold War, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center boasted four armored personnel carriers, all M113s, and they represented one ...

China’s lunar ambitions have evolved from symbolic flag planting to a systematic push for permanent space infrastructure.

A bit farther north, The Museum of Flight in Seattle landed at No. 2 on the list. The museum has more than 175 air and spacecraft and bills itself as the world’s largest independent, nonprofit ...

The American reaction to an attack is classified, but details made public paint a harrowing picture.

The 940-page “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” as it’s formally titled, has consumed Congress as its shared priority with the ...

In 1831, a mystery eruption occurred, causing a 1°C drop in global temperatures only recently identified in a paper by ...

To achieve its ambitious plans for missions to the moon and beyond, Russia needs other spacefaring nations as partners. But the war in Ukraine is making that help increasingly hard to find ...

I called senior Pentagon officials twice and raised the issue with staff at the National Security Council. I noted it was ...