May 2, 2016 Europe's newly tested space plane aims for next launch in 2019 With one reportedly flawless test flight already under its belt, officials are already planning a European space plane for its next test.
May 2, 2016 Private Mars One colony project cuts applicant pool to 100 volunteers One hundred people are still in the running to become humanity's first Mars explorers.
May 2, 2016 The Force is with them: NASA unveils 'Star Wars'-themed astronaut portrait Cue the John Williams score and fire up the Millennium Falcon, because six NASA astronauts are about to blast off to a galaxy far, far away. NASA released the official portrait of the first crew to go on a year-long International Space Station mission, and it looks like the force is with them. The image looks more like a fan-made poster for the upcoming “Star Wars” film than an announcement about the upcoming mission, which could pave the way for future Mars explorations, reports Space.com.
May 2, 2016 SpaceX launches observatory on 3rd try, nixes landing test SpaceX launched an observatory inspired by former Vice President Al Gore toward a solar-storm lookout point a million miles away Wednesday.
May 2, 2016 Smithsonian unveils Armstrong bag with Apollo 11 lunar artifacts It’s been 46 years since Neil Armstrong took “one giant leap for mankind” when he became the first person to set foot on the moon. Now, visitors of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum have the opportunity to get an up-close look at some of the astronaut’s outer space mementos that were meant to be left on the moon.
May 2, 2016 Astronaut sees huge winter storm from space (Photos) The monster winter storm that dumped loads of snow on the northeastern United States on Monday and Tuesday (Jan. 26 and 27) looked pretty beastly from 250 miles above the planet.
May 2, 2016 Space probe launched to study northern lights NASA and Utah State University successfully launched a probe into the northern lights early on Wednesday.
May 2, 2016 NASA marks space disaster anniversaries with day of remembrance NASA is honoring its fallen astronauts with a special day of remembrance Wednesday.
May 2, 2016 1-year space station mission may pave NASA's way to Mars The first crew to embark on a yearlong International Space Station mission could help NASA get to Mars.
May 2, 2016 After 17 years in orbit, how durable is the International Space Station? Even though the ammonia leak that forced a partial evacuation of the International Space Station’s U.S. section on Wednesday proved to be a false alarm, the news did raise questions on the station’s durability.