January 14, 2016 NASA picks Dream Chaser space plane for ISS supply missions NASA has awarded private space companies SpaceX, Orbital ATK and Sierra Nevada Corporation contracts to supply the International Space Station from 2019 through 2024. The deal adds Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser to the list of spacecraft flying cargo missions to the orbiting laboratory.
January 14, 2016 SpaceX rocket set to launch NOAA satellite Sunday A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather satellite is set to lift off Sunday, as part of an ongoing international effort to measure the physical features of the ocean surfaces.
January 13, 2016 NASA releases stunning Ceres close-up images NASA has released stunning images of Ceres that show the dwarf planet’s surface in incredible detail.
January 13, 2016 Scientists confirm presence of water ice on Rosetta's comet Scientists have confirmed that the presence of water ice on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
January 13, 2016 SpaceX releases stunning footage of Falcon 9 rocket landing SpaceX has released stunningly detailed footage of its audacious Falcon 9 rocket landing last month as it prepares to land a rocket on an ocean platform.
January 12, 2016 NASA astronaut: International politics hasn't reached the Space Station Amid ongoing tension between Russia and the United States, it seems the only place the two countries do get along is up in space.
January 8, 2016 Mysterious space balls crash-land in Vietnam Vietnam is being bombarded with space balls, and we aren't talking about a rerelease of the 1987 Mel Brooks classic.
December 30, 2015 Congress is pushing NASA to develop a deep space habitat by 2018 Though dust has hardly settled on NASA's triumphant budget increase doled out by members of Congress this month, the agency is already hard at work proving it deserves the extra funding.
December 25, 2015 Can you hear me now? British astronaut dials wrong number from space British astronaut Tim Peake tweeted an apology on Christmas Day from the International Space Station after calling a wrong number.
December 23, 2015 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk eyes city on Mars after successful rocket landing SpaceX’s audacious vertical rocket landing on Monday lays a critical foundation for reusable rockets that could help humans colonize Mars, according to the company’s CEO Elon Musk.