Space Exploration

Launch Alert! Watch Live As Three People Rocket To Space Today

In a few hours, you'll be able to watch three crew members of Expedition 40/41 rocket to space -- live…

10 years ago

Space Robot Fixes Itself, Takes Selfie As Funny Livetweet Happens On The Ground

In a thrilling demonstration of space robotics, today the Dextre "hand" replaced a malfunctioning camera on the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm.…

10 years ago

NASA’s Mars Landing Idea Will Take To The Air In June

So what does an agency like NASA do after making a daring new type of landing with the Mars Curiosity…

10 years ago

Zero G Living: Tough To Sustain, Harder To Study

Small populations make it really hard to do scientific studies, because the sample size may not be representative of the…

10 years ago

Opportunity Overlooks Ridge for Spectacular Vista of Vast Martian Crater and Habitable Zone Ahead

NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover captures sweeping panoramic vista near the ridgeline of 22 km (14 mi) wide Endeavour Crater's western…

10 years ago

Antares Rocket Engine Suffers Significant Failure During Testing

Hotfire test of Aerojet Rocketdyne AJ26 engines on the E-1 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center on Jan 17,…

10 years ago

Curiosity says ‘Goodbye Kimberley’ after Parting Laser Blasts and Seeking New Adventures Ahead

NASA’s rover Curiosity said ‘Goodbye Kimberley’ having fulfilled her objectives of drilling into a cold red sandstone slab, sampling the…

10 years ago

ESA Marks 50 Years of Cooperative Space Innovation

In 1964 the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO) and the European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) were founded, on February 29 and March…

10 years ago