Space Exploration Technologies

Dream Chaser Spacecraft Maker Loses NASA Crew Contract Protest

Update, 4 p.m. EST: Sierra Nevada's statement, which was posted after the story was first published, is now mentioned below.…

10 years ago

NASA Robot Runs Into Snag After It’s Unpacked On Space Station

We're all a little scared (in the impressed-with-technology sense!) of Robonaut, that robot on the International Space Station that is…

10 years ago

NASA Mars Landing Craft Idea Is More Than Just Child’s Play

Assuming we can get humans all the way to Mars, how the heck do we land them on the Red…

10 years ago

Infographic: Dragon, Reusable Rockets And Other 2014 SpaceX Milestones

SpaceX has a big year ahead of it. The company not only plans to launch more Dragon cargo spacecraft to…

10 years ago

Could Lizard Hands Help Us Clean Up Space Junk?

We've written extensively about the orbital debris problem here on Universe Today. In a nutshell, just about every time we…

10 years ago

Mercury Spacecraft’s 2015 Death Watch Could Go One More Month

If all goes well -- and there's no guarantee of this -- NASA's venerable Mercury sentinel may have an extra…

10 years ago

Successful Engine Test Enables SpaceX Falcon 9 Soar to Space Station in Jan. 2015

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - To ensure the highest possibility of success for the launch of a critical resupply mission…

10 years ago

Universe Today’s Top 10 Space Stories of 2014

It seems a lot of the space stories of this year involve spacecraft making journeys: bouncing across a comet, or…

10 years ago