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December 5, 2018

Moldy mouse food to blame for delayed Space Station supply launch

NASA and SpaceX will launch a cargo mission to the International Space Station Wednesday after a 24-hour delay caused by moldy mouse food.

December 5, 2018

Space station robot goes rogue: International Space Station’s artificial intelligence has turned belligerent

CIMON was programmed to be the physical embodiment of the likes of ‘nice’ robots such as Robby, R2D2, Wall-E, Johnny 5 … and so on. Instead, CIMON appears to be adopting characteristics closer to Marvin the Paranoid Android of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — though hopefully not yet the psychotic HAL of 2001: A Space Oddysey infamy.

December 3, 2018

To the Moon and back: Apollo 11 Lunar Checklist sold at auction

A checklist that traveled to the surface of the Moon with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin has been sold at auction in New York for $62,500.

December 3, 2018

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft reaches asteroid Bennu after epic journey

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft reached asteroid Bennu on Monday after traveling more than 1 billion miles through space.

December 3, 2018

Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronauts successfully docks with the International Space Station

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronauts, including one American, has successfully docked with the International Space Station. Monday’s launch from Kazakhstan is the first successful manned mission to the space lab since an aborted Soyuz launch in October.

December 3, 2018

Soyuz rocket launches astronauts to the International Space Station

Three astronauts, including one American, successfully blasted off to the International Space Station from Kazakhstan Monday in the first launch of a manned Soyuz rocket since an aborted mission in October.

December 2, 2018

Branson says Virgin Galactic will send people to space before Christmas

Richard Branson made the bold claim last week that Virgin Galactic will send astronauts into space by Christmas. 

November 30, 2018

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft set to reach asteroid Bennu after epic journey

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is expected to rendezvous with asteroid Bennu on Monday after traveling more than 1 billion miles through space. The historic expedition will be the first U.S. mission to bring samples from an asteroid back to Earth.

November 30, 2018

NASA chief tells Elon Musk to stop drinking and smoking pot

Elon Musk will have to lay off the booze and pot if he wants to continue doing work for NASA, the agency’s chief warned this week, while laying into the SpaceX founder for his recent erratic behavior.

November 30, 2018

How America can get its slice of the $1 trillion space economy

As the level of interest in space continues to grow, some analysts believe the space economy could be worth $1 trillion – and America stands to capture a significant portion of that.