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 ...
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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 ...
Neil Armstrong Moon Bag Sells For $1.8mn In New York
A bag Neil Armstrong used to collect the first ever samples of the moon -- which was once nearly thrown ...
Elon Musk Says Successful Maiden Flight For Falcon Heavy Unlikely
SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk has downplayed the chances of a successful inaugural flight for his Falcon Heavy space ...
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 Releases New Images of Raging Storm On Jupiter
NASA on Wednesday released a series of stunning images of a raging storm on Jupiter, known as the Great Red ...
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, ...
Meet the Brains Behind the Epic Innovation
Ghana has become the first Sub-Saharan African country to send a satellite into orbit around the earth. The satellite, named Ghanasat-1, ...
Trump Offers Bold Space Goals But Fills In Few Details
The White House has championed a new era of US leadership in space, but its aspirations are complicated by tight ...
Akufo-Addo Congratulates All Nations University For Satellite Launch
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated All Nations University Space Laboratory team for putting Ghana into the Global Space ...
Pence Vows To Send Astronauts To Mars and Launch A Return To the Moon
Vice President Mike Pence vowed Thursday to usher in a 'new era' of American leadership in space, with a return ...
Pence Vows ‘new Era’ In US Space Exploration, But Few Details
US Vice President Mike Pence vowed Thursday to usher in a "new era" of American leadership in space, with a ...
After Two Delays, SpaceX Launches Broadband Satellite For IntelSat
SpaceX on Wednesday deployed a broadband communications satellite for IntelSat, after twice ditching launch plans in the final seconds before ...
China’s Attempt To Launch One of World’s Most Powerful Rockets FAILS
China has announced the launch of a powerful rocket designed to carry communication satellites into orbit has been 'unsuccessful', in ...
China Heavy-Lift Carrier Rocket Launch Fails
China on Sunday announced the launch of a powerful rocket designed to carry communication satellites into orbit had been "unsuccessful", ...
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 ...
N. Korea Conducts Rocket Engine Test
North Korea recently tested a small rocket engine, a monitoring group said Wednesday, after a US official had reportedly suggested ...
Successful SpaceX Launch Delivers Satellites Into Orbit
The American company SpaceX on Sunday successfully placed 10 satellites for the communications company Iridium into orbit using a Falcon ...