May 2, 2016 Gigantic ice cloud spotted on Saturn moon Titan (Photos) NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected a massive, never-before-seen icy cloud at the south pole of Saturn's huge moon Titan.
May 2, 2016 Virgin Galactic recruits female test pilot Kelly Latimer Kelly Latimer, the first female research test pilot ever to join what is now NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center, has joined Virgin Galactic as the spaceflight company's newest pilot.
May 2, 2016 Search for life: Where should a Europa lander touch down? If humanity ever launches a life-hunting mission to the icy surface of Europa, the probe should probably touch down on the "chaos terrain" of the ocean-harboring Jupiter moon, a new study suggests.
May 2, 2016 Putting astronauts on Mars: NASA lays out three-phase plan The path to Mars goes through the moon — or the region of space near the moon, anyway.
May 2, 2016 World View's balloon-based space tourism to lift off in 2017 A new type of space tourism is set to lift off two years from now, without the aid of a rocket.
May 2, 2016 Welcome to the dark side: Comet's hidden face emerges For a long five and a half years, Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko's southern side has been shrouded by darkness.
May 2, 2016 ‘The Martian’ director Ridley Scott explains his Mars fascination The sci-fi adventure “The Martian” has landed in theaters starring Matt Damon as an astronaut forced to find ways of surviving on Mars solo after being left behind by his crew. The film is based on the popular book by Andy Weir and provides many science based explanations of how he could live on the red planet.
May 2, 2016 New NASA images show Pluto’s moon Charon in stunning detail NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has sent incredible images of Pluto’s largest moon Charon back to Earth.
May 2, 2016 Private moon landing set for 2017 The first private moon landing could be just two years away.
May 2, 2016 Send loved ones to the Moon ... in an urn? The dream of space exploration is deeply rooted in many of us. We look up and see the stars and wonder what it would be like to soar into the heavens in a spaceship. Now, a company called Elysium Space is promising to make that happen...as a memorial.