October 12, 2016 Air Force's X-37B space plane mystery mission wings by 500 days in orbit The latest secretive mission of the United States Air Force's X-37B space plane has cruised beyond 500 days in Earth orbit since its launch last year.
October 11, 2016 Secretive Air Force space plane ready for Tuesday liftoff The secretive U.S. Air Force X-37B robotic space plane has been cleared to lift off Tuesday, Dec. 11.
October 7, 2016 Hurricane Matthew: NASA reports limited initial damage to Kennedy Space Center NASA is reporting limited initial damage to Kennedy Space Center from Hurricane Matthew, which brushed Cape Canaveral early Friday.
October 5, 2016 Mission successful: Blue Origin rocket tests emergency capsule separation The rocket company Blue Origin pulled off what appeared to be a flawless two-part launch test in west Texas on Wednesday.
October 4, 2016 SpaceX eyed rival's building in rocket explosion probe SpaceX requested access to a nearby building leased by its rival United Launch Alliance (ULA) as part of its probe into last month’s launch pad rocket explosion, the Washington Post reports.
September 30, 2016 Out with a bang: Rosetta crashes into comet After a journey of billions of miles and a historic cosmic rendezvous, the Rosetta spacecraft met its end when it had a “controlled impact” with the comet it had been studying.
September 28, 2016 Elon Musk unveils ambitious Mars colonization plan On Tuesday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled plans for a spacecraft and rocket project that intends to put intelligent life on Mars: human life.
September 26, 2016 NASA sees evidence of water vapor plumes shooting out of Europa Water vapor plumes estimated to be as tall as 125 miles are possibly erupting into space from the surface of Europa, a moon around Jupiter, NASA announced on Monday.
September 21, 2016 Elon Musk says SpaceX's new spaceship could go 'well beyond Mars' "Mars Colonial Transporter" seems like a pretty cool name for a spaceship, but it wasn't quite ambitious enough for SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk.
September 19, 2016 Rosetta spacecraft's last move: A daring dive toward comet pits The last-ever maneuver of the Rosetta spacecraft on Sept. 30 will take it toward several active pits on the "head" of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.