Space Flight

Commercial Antares/Cygnus Rocket Loaded with Science for July 13 Virginia Launch – Watch Live

NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - Following further weather delays this week Orbital Sciences Corp. commercial Antares rocket is at…

10 years ago

Contest: Get Your Video On The International Space Station

If you're starting your career, good with a video and love space, here's your big chance to showcase your work…

10 years ago

Timelapse: Watch the Antares Rocket Go Vertical on the Launch Pad

Now standing at attention, ready for duty! At about 3:30 p.m. on July 10, Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket was raised…

10 years ago

Flaming Space Junk Makes Jaws Drop in Australia

"It first looked like a plane with fire coming out of the tail." -- Aaron O. "I have never seen…

10 years ago

Black Sky: Virgin’s Spaceship Carrier Takes To Air For 150th Time

As Virgin Galactic gets ready for its first space test of SpaceShipTwo -- a feat widely expected to take place…

10 years ago

Photos: Readers Share Memories Of NASA’s Final Shuttle Launches

With the three-year anniversary this week of STS-135 -- the final launch of the program -- we invited readers of…

10 years ago

The Planetary Society’s Solar Sail Will Hitch a Ride to Space on a Falcon Heavy

In a live webcast, The Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye announced that its long-awaited LightSail solar sail mission will launch…

10 years ago

Calling All Space Tweeps! In Honor of STS-135, Share Your Fave Shuttle Pics

Has it been three years already? The last mission of the space shuttle program launched on this day in 2011.…

10 years ago

Antares Commercial Rocket Cleared for July 11 Space Station Blastoff Following Engine Re-Inspection

NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - The long delayed liftoff of an Orbital Sciences Corp. commercial Antares rocket on a…

10 years ago