Space Exploration
Antares Return to Flight Set for Magnificent Monday Night Launch – Watch Live
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - The ‘Return to Flight’ blastoff of Orbital ATK’s upgraded Antares rocket will have to…
Antares Raised to Launch Position for Sunday Night Launch to ISS
After a two year stand down, an upgraded commercial Antares rocket was rolled out to the NASA Wallops launch pad…
President Obama Puts US All In For Mars
President Obama has always been a strong supporter of science, and now he has reaffirmed his support for a mission…
Launch of GOES-R Transformational Weather Satellite Likely Delayed by Hurricane Matthew
Next month’s launch of GOES-R - a new and advanced transformational weather satellite that will vastly enhance the quality, speed…
Hurricane Matthew Grazes Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral
The Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) and the major population centers along the Florida Space…
First Antares Liftoff in 2 Years Targeted for Dazzling Nighttime Leap from Virginia on Oct. 13
The first Antares rocket liftoff in nearly two years is now being targeted for Oct. 13 on what is sure…
NASA’s First SLS Mars Rocket Fuel Tank Completes Welding
The first of the massive fuel tanks that will fly on the maiden launch of NASA’s SLS mega rocket in…
Schiaparelli & The Problematic History Of Martian Landings
The Schiaparelli lander will attempt it's landing on Mars in 15 days. Will it succeed, or join the long list…
NASA’s Outbound OSIRIS-Rex Asteroid Sampler Snaps ‘First-Light’ Images
NASA’s newest planetary probe, the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sampling spacecraft, is merrily snapping its ‘First-Light’ images following the successful power up…
The Questions After Musk’s Mars Speech Were Bizarre & Cringeworthy
Some of the questions Elon Musk fielded at his recent presentation were truly embarrassing. But he handled it well.