January 13, 2017 NASA's Juno spacecraft to become fastest man-made object as it slingshots around Earth towards Jupiter At 3:21 pm (EDT), NASA'S Mission Juno spacecraft will slingshot around Earth towards Jupiter picking up speed to become the fastest man-made object in history.
January 13, 2017 Could dark streaks in Venus' clouds be signs of alien life? The question of life on Venus, of all places, is intriguing enough that a team of U.S. and Russian scientists working on a proposal for a new mission to the second planet — named Venera-D — are considering including the search for life in its mission goals.
January 12, 2017 Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane wings by 600 days in orbit The U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane has now spent 600 days in Earth orbit on the vessel's latest mission, and is nearing a program record for longest time spent in space.
January 6, 2017 Stunning video shows weather balloon soaring over 14 miles high A weather balloon launched with a GoPro camera on it has filmed jaw-dropping images of the curvature of the Earth and its blue glow.
January 4, 2017 PayPal Galactic to boldly go where no credit card has gone before PayPal, the e-commerce business that allows for online money transfers anywhere in the world, announced the launch of PayPal Galactic on Thursday.
January 3, 2017 SpaceX discovers source of rocket explosion, plans new launch SpaceX plans to resume flights as early as next week after finding the cause of an explosion that destroyed a rocket and satellite on a Florida launch pad in September.
December 26, 2016 Check out NASA's asteroid-catching robot arms NASA is set to launch the robotic portion of its Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) in 2021.
December 21, 2016 NASA scientists reveal how 'spiders' grow on Mars NASA scientists think they have found an explanation for how mysterious ‘spider’ features develop on the surface of Mars.
December 21, 2016 The film 'Passengers' highlights the crazy distances and times of space flight The fictional ship is on a 120-year voyage to a new planet.