September 13, 2016 Blue Origin announces big 'New Glenn' rocket for satellite and crew launches Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos announced Tuesday a massive new reusable rocket family in development for his private spaceflight company Blue Origin.
September 8, 2016 NASA's asteroid-sampling mission is ready to launch Thursday NASA's first-ever asteroid-sampling spacecraft is poised for an on-time liftoff Thursday evening, and mission team members said they can't wait.
September 6, 2016 NASA's Juno spacecraft sends back first detailed images of Jupiter Scientists have reported exciting new discoveries about Jupiter after NASA’s Juno spacecraft sent a trove of images of the planet taken during a trek from its north to south poles late last month.
September 2, 2016 SpaceX rocket explodes on pad during unmanned test The major accident also destroyed the rocket's satellite payload.
August 26, 2016 Rosetta probe captures brilliant photos of comet outburst The ESA has released stunning images taken by the Rosetta spacecraft that reveal a brilliant flash of light on the comet it’s studying that could have been caused by a landslide.
August 25, 2016 China shows off Mars rover design China has unveiled the design for its Mars rover that will land on the red planet in 2020.
August 23, 2016 Back in touch! NASA has just made contact with a lost spacecraft after nearly two years Boy, those folks at NASA never give up. Having lost contact nearly two years ago with a spacecraft millions of miles from Earth, mission operators on Sunday announced they'd successfully reestablished a communications link.
August 19, 2016 Spacewalking astronauts install new front door for visitors Spacewalking astronauts installed a new front door for visitors at the International Space Station on Friday, the crucial first step in welcoming commercial crew capsules as soon as next year.
August 18, 2016 Moon landing photo signed by Apollo 11 astronauts up for auction A photo of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing signed by the mission’s astronauts will be auctioned in the U.K. on Saturday.
August 17, 2016 NASA is going to an asteroid, and it wants your help NASA is seeking research partners for its ambitious asteroid redirect mission, the space agency recently announced.