May 2, 2016 Astronauts close to moving into space station for year An American astronaut and Russian cosmonaut are just two months shy of launching to the International Space Station for an entire year. Already, though, scientists are clamoring for additional long-term subjects.
May 2, 2016 NASA investigates building a cloud city on Venus Just like out of a “Star Wars” movie, NASA is investigating the possibility of building a blimp-suspended city in the clouds high above Venus' searing-hot surface.
May 2, 2016 Has Europe's long-lost Beagle 2 Mars lander been found? The U.K. Space Agency is holding a news conference Friday (Jan. 16) about Europe's Beagle 2 Mars lander, prompting speculation that the probe has finally been found more than 11 years after dropping off scientists' radar during its journey to the Red Planet.
May 2, 2016 6 evacuate US part of space station; NASA says all are safe Astronauts hurriedly evacuated the U.S. section of the International Space Station and moved to its Russian module after a coolant problem emerged Wednesday, but Russian and U.S. officials insisted all six crew were not in any danger.
May 2, 2016 SpaceX deserves praise for audacious rocket landing attempt, say experts SpaceX may have narrowly failed in its audacious attempt to land a booster rocker on an ocean barge, although experts say the space company deserves praise for coming so close to achieving its goal.
May 2, 2016 Outside the spacecraft: Smithsonian celebrates 50 years of spacewalks The Smithsonian is inviting the public to take a stroll through half a century of spacewalks.
April 28, 2016 SpaceX will launch private Mars missions as soon as 2018 The commercial spaceflight company SpaceX announced on Twitter today that it plans to send its robotic Dragon capsule to Mars as early as 2018.
April 28, 2016 Supersharp Mars photos show UK's long-lost Beagle 2 lander New supersharp photos of Mars show Europe's long-lost Beagle 2 lander, ancient Red Planet lake beds and snaking rover tracks in unprecedented detail.
April 28, 2016 New Horizons encore? Pluto Probe's team proposes extension The public should know soon if NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will get to perform a second epic flyby in the dark depths of the outer solar system.
April 28, 2016 British astronaut Tim Peake sets off-world record running marathon in Space Tim Peake of the European Space Agency completed the 2016 London Marathon on Sunday, running the 26.2 miles while circling the Earth about two and half times at an altitude of 250 miles high.