May 2, 2016 A day in space? For Scott Kelly, it's work, TV (but no laundry!) What's it like to live in space?
May 2, 2016 NASA releases incredible closeup images of Saturn’s moon Dione NASA has released a series of stunning images taken during the Cassini spacecraft’s last close flyby of Saturn’s moon Dione.
May 2, 2016 Space Station astronaut takes stunning aurora photo NASA has released a stunning image of an aurora natural light display taken by one-year astronaut Scott Kelly from the International Space Station.
May 2, 2016 India's Mars orbiter captures beautiful 3D images of the red planet The Indian Space Research Organisation has released a series of beautiful images taken by the country's Mangalyaan Mars Orbiter. The images reveal striking details of the Ophir Chasma, a canyon that spans about 186 miles of the planet’s surface.
May 2, 2016 Japan launches vital supplies (and mice) toward International Space Station A robotic Japanese cargo vessel launched toward the International Space Station Wednesday, embarking on a five-day journey to the orbiting lab to deliver tons of supplies and experiment gear, including a rodent crew of 12 mice.
May 2, 2016 Stairway to the stars: Company receives patent for 'space elevator' Like something out of "The Jetsons," Canadian firm Thoth Technology has been granted a U.S. patent for a space elevator. The proposed "freestanding space tower" would reach a little over 12 miles above the Earth, according to an announcement from the company.
May 2, 2016 NASA offers rocket rides for tiny Cubesats NASA aims to get many more tiny cubesats to space in the coming years.
May 2, 2016 Apollo 14 astronaut claims peace-loving aliens prevented 'nuclear war' on Earth From “The Day the Earth Stood Still” to “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” to “E.T.,” pop culture is filled with stories about friendly, curious extraterrestrials visiting Earth to learn more about mankind. For Apollo 14 veteran Edgar Mitchell that plotline is less fiction than it is reality. The sixth man to walk the surface of the moon told the Mirror that he believes peace-keeping aliens visited our planet to prevent a nuclear war between Russia and the United States.
May 2, 2016 Astronaut Chris Hadfield releasing 'Space Sessions' album recorded in orbit In the first single off of Chris Hadfield's new music album, the first album to be primarily recorded in space, the Canadian astronaut croons, "Can't stand on my own two feet, I just float away, I took a ride in a hot, hot seat, now I'm ready to play, far away."
May 2, 2016 Space Station astronauts make history, eat first space-grown veggies Astronauts on the International Space Station made history Monday when they munched space-grown vegetables for the first time.