Space Flight

How Do Astronauts Celebrate Thanksgiving On The Space Station?

As Americans get ready for turkey feasts and other Thanksgiving goodies today, let's take a few moments to think about…

10 years ago

Here’s The First 3-D Part Printed In Space. Where Will That Take Us Next?

Here's the 22nd-century version of breaking the surly bonds of Earth: NASA and private company Made In Space have just…

10 years ago

Watch Three Humans Take A Flawless Ride To Space Yesterday

And now we have six people in space again -- including the first-ever Italian woman to reach orbit. Samantha Cristoforetti…

10 years ago

Antares’ Doomed Descent into Hellish Inferno – Up Close Launch Pad Photo Exclusive: Pt. 1

Up close launch pad camera view as Antares descended into a hellish inferno after the first stage propulsion system at…

10 years ago

NASA Aims To Slash Space Shipping Costs With Shiny 3-D Printer

Need a part on the International Space Station? You're going to have to wait for that. That is, wait for…

10 years ago

Yuri Gagarin Memorialized in a Funky Music Video

On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin entered the "realm of myth and legend" when he became the first…

10 years ago

Wake Up, Pluto Spacecraft! New Horizons Emerges From Nap Next Month

It's not quite the cryogenic sleep featured in Interstellar, but all the same, NASA's New Horizons probe has spent most…

10 years ago

Virgin Galactic Crash Survivor Didn’t Know Re-Entry System Was Turned On Prematurely

The surviving co-pilot of the Virgin Galactic crash was unaware that SpaceShipTwo's re-entry system was unlocked prematurely during the flight…

10 years ago