Elon Musk’s Falcon Heavy Rocket Launches Successfully
US entrepreneur Elon Musk has launched his new rocket, the Falcon Heavy, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The ...
Tag: Outer space
Three-Man Crew Reaches International Space Station
A three-man space crew from Italy, Russia and the United States on Friday arrived at the International Space Station for ...
Google Maps Adds the International Space Station
The International Space Station has become the first “off planet” addition to Google Maps’ Street View facility. Astronauts helped capture ...
‘Peculiar’ Radio Signals Emerge From Nearby Star
Some very "peculiar signals" have been noticed coming from a star just 11 light-years away, scientists in Puerto Rico say. ...
Neil Armstrong Moon Bag On Sale For Up To $4 Million
Once nearly thrown out with the trash, a bag that Neil Armstrong used to collect the first ever samples of ...
NASA Probe Successfully Peers Into Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
A NASA spacecraft, Juno, has successfully peered into the giant storm raging on Jupiter, known as the Great Red Spot, ...
Japan Reveals Plans To Put A Man On Moon By 2030
Japan has revealed ambitious plans to put an astronaut on the Moon around 2030 in new proposals from the country's ...
Are Asteroids Humanity’s ‘greatest Challenge’?
Throughout its 4.5-billion-year history, Earth has been repeatedly pummeled by space rocks that have caused anything from an innocuous splash ...
NASA Probe To Fly Into Sun’s Atmosphere
A new NASA mission aims to brush by the sun, coming closer than any spacecraft in history to its scorching ...
NASA’s Juno Probe Spots ‘chaotic’ Storms On Jupiter
An unmanned NASA spaceship circling Jupiter has spotted massive cyclones at the gas giant's poles, revealing new details about our ...
‘Victory’ For US Astronauts On Critical Spacewalk To Replace Power Box
Two US astronauts successfully completed Tuesday what NASA described as a "critical" spacewalk to repair a failed piece of equipment ...
US Astronauts On ‘critical’ Spacewalk To Replace Power Box
Two US astronauts have completed what NASA described as a 'critical' spacewalk to repair a failed piece of equipment that ...
US Astronauts On ‘critical’ Spacewalk To Replace Power Box
Two US astronauts embarked Tuesday on what NASA described as a "critical" spacewalk to repair a failed piece of equipment ...
‘Awesomesauce,’ Proclaims US Astronaut On Historic Spacewalk
So what is it like to float out into the vacuum of space? "Ginormous fondue pot, bubbling over with piping ...
‘Awesomesauce,’ Proclaims US Astronaut On Historic Spacewalk
So what is it like to float out into the vacuum of space? 'Ginormous fondue pot, bubbling over with piping ...
Water Leak Delays Historic 200th Spacewalk
NASA discovered a water leak Friday at the International Space Station, delaying the start of the milestone 200th spacewalk at ...
China Simulates Extended Moon Stays Amid Space Drive
China plans to establish a village on the moon with Europe's help by 2036. Now, in a step towards that ...
NASA Spacesuits Over Budget, Tight On Timeline
The United States is in a hurry to send people to Mars by the 2030s, but a key question remains ...
Mars Spacecraft’s First Missions Face Delays, NASA Says
NASA will probably delay the first two missions of its Orion deep-space capsule, being developed to send astronauts beyond earth's ...
France, Japan Aim To Land Probe On Mars Moon
France and Japan want to recover pieces of a Martian Moon and bring them back to Earth, the head of ...