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May 6, 2016

SpaceX successfully lands rocket on ocean platform for second time

SpaceX has done it again. For the second month in a row, the aerospace company landed a rocket on an ocean platform, this time following the launch of a Japanese communications satellite.

May 3, 2016

NASA taps hoverboard company Arx Pax to build space ‘tractor beam’

The company that made Marty McFly’s hoverboard a reality is reaching for the stars, or more precisely, satellites.

May 2, 2016

Space fuel: Plutonium-238 created after 30-Year wait

Scientists have produced a powder of plutonium-238 for the first time in nearly 30 years in the United States, a milestone that they say sets the country on a path toward powering NASA's deep-space exploration and other missions

May 2, 2016

Pluto, Mars water and more! The biggest space stories of 2015

The year that was 2015 swept in a significant amount of space and astronomy science.

May 2, 2016

Liftoff! New Space Station crew launch includes a first for the UK

Two experienced fliers and a space newbie — the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station — launched spaceward on a Russian rocket Tuesday.

May 2, 2016

SpaceX, ULA transforming historic launchpads for commercial crew flights

They were the sites where men left for the moon and space shuttles launched into orbit, where rovers departed for Mars and probes took off to the outer planets.

May 2, 2016

SpaceX may try land-based rocket landing this month, NASA official says

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX may try to make history with its next launch later this month, returning its rocket to a landing pad rather than an ocean-based platform, a NASA official said today (Dec.

May 2, 2016

Private Cygnus spacecraft launch Thursday may be visible from US East Coast

People in the eastern United States might be able to see a private cargo spacecraft launch toward the International Space Station on Thursday evening.

May 2, 2016

Manned mission to Mars must not ignore human struggles, expert stresses

A successful crewed Mars campaign must recognize, and take pains to ameliorate, the psychological and cultural challenges that Red Planet pioneers will face, a prominent space architect says.

May 2, 2016

Blue Origin makes historic reusable rocket landing in epic test flight

The private spaceflight company Blue Origin just launched itself into the history books by successfully flying and landing a reusable rocket.