March 10, 2016 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter celebrates 10 years at red planet NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) arrived at the red planet 10 years ago today and has since completed 45,000 orbits and generated a vast amount of scientific data.
March 9, 2016 NASA sets May 2018 launch for delayed Mars InSight mission NASA is targeting a May 2018 launch for its delayed Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission to study Mars, scheduled to land on the red planet on Nov. 26 2018.
March 9, 2016 Jeff Bezos company planning human test space flights by 2017 Private space travel company Blue Origin expects its first test flights with people in 2017, company founder Jeff Bezos said during a tour of the venture's research and development site outside Seattle.
March 7, 2016 ExoMars mission set to land on the red planet later this year The first mission of the joint European-Russian ExoMars program will blast off for the Red Planet next week.
March 4, 2016 SpaceX rocket misses sea landing after successful satellite launch SpaceX has successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket into orbit with the SES-9 communications satellite. We're awaiting word on an attempted first stage landing. The Falcon 9's second stage is in orbit in a 17-minute coast phase ahead of spacecraft separation. Watch the action live in the window below, courtesy of SpaceX.
March 4, 2016 Astronaut Scott Kelly: I could have spent longer in space Just days after ending his after his epic 340-day stint on the International Space Station NASA astronaut Scott Kelly says that he could have stayed in space longer.
March 4, 2016 Astronaut Scott Kelly was 2 inches taller after his epic year in space NASA astronaut Scott Kelly was about 2 inches taller when he returned to Earth after his epic 340-day stint on the International Space Station earlier this week.
March 4, 2016 Scott Kelly: Year in space paves the way for even longer missions Astronaut Scott Kelly says that his epic year in space will help fuel longer-term space missions, paving the way for NASA’s ambitious plan to send humans to Mars.
March 3, 2016 Yearlong spacemen embrace fresh, frigid air back on Earth Ah, there's nothing like a blast of fresh, frigid air to welcome you back to the planet after nearly a year cooped up in space.
March 2, 2016 Scott Kelly set to return to Earth after spending a year in space NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is set to return to Earth on Tuesday, after spending nearly a year on the International Space Station in which he celebrated a birthday, conducted space walks and nibbled on space veggies.