The AP reports that organizers claimed “the ship crossed the official 62-mile-high border of space.” Why does space officially begin 62 miles above the Earth? Because 62 miles is about 100 ...

Voyager spacecrafts go beyond the solar system and garner several intriguing insights about the uncharted territory.

If space is defined as beginning at 62 miles and the U.S. flies an unauthorized satellite at 52 miles over China, for example, that could be ... universally accepted border anytime soon.

From space, no political borders or boundaries are visible. The Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land masses are subject to common geophysical forces, and human-induced effects are confronting ...