Space Exploration
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Returns from a Historic Year in Space on Station
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly and his Russian cohort Mikhail Kornienko successful returned to Earth late…
6th Man on Moon Edgar Mitchell, Dies at 85 on Eve of 45th Lunar Landing Anniversary
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell, the 6th man to walk on the Moon, passed away on…
China Shares Stunning New Moon Photos With the World
China has released hundreds of photos from Chang'e 3 lunar lander and Yutu rover.
50 Years Ago We Got Our First Picture from the Moon
On this date half a century ago the Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft made humanity's first-ever soft landing on the surface of…
NASA’s Orion Crew Module Backbone Arrives at KSC Aboard Super Guppy for Exploration Mission-1
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - Looking amazingly like a fish flying across the skies high above the Florida space coast, NASA’s…
SpaceX Crew Dragon Conducts Propulsive Hover and Parachute Drop Tests; Videos
On the road to restoring US Human spaceflight from US soil, SpaceX conducted a pair of key tests involving a…
Opportunity Robustly in Action on 12th Anniversary of Red Planet Touchdown
NASA’s world famous Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity continues blazing a daily trail of unprecedented science first’s, still swinging her robotic…
How Long Would It Take To Travel To The Nearest Star?
Between existing and theoretical technology, it would take a very long time to get to Proxima Centauri, the nearest star.…
NASA Completes Welding on Lunar Orion EM-1 Pressure Vessel Launching in 2018
In a major step towards flight, engineers at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have finished welding together the…
First Space Zinnia Blooms and Catches Sun’s Rays on Space Station
The first Zinnia flower to bloom in space is dramatically catching the sun’s rays like we have never seen before…