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December 7, 2015

Second time lucky for Japan's Venus orbiter?

Japan’s Akatsuki Venus probe tried to enter the planet’s orbit Sunday, five years after its last attempt ended in failure.

December 7, 2015

Russia loses a satellite in another setback to its space program

The Soyuz-2.1B rocket carrying two satellites was launched Dec. 5 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Russian north-western Arkhangelsk region.

December 6, 2015

Liftoff: 1st US shipment in months flying to International Space Station

A U.S. shipment of much-needed groceries and other astronaut supplies rocketed toward the International Space Station for the first time in months Sunday, reigniting NASA's commercial delivery service.

December 4, 2015

Japan postpones launch of new rocket it hopes will be cheaper, more efficient

Japan has postponed the launch of a new rocket it hopes will be a cheaper and more efficient way of putting satellites into space.

December 4, 2015

Cygnus spacecraft launch suffers second weather delay

For the second time, bad weather has forced NASA to delay the eagerly-anticipated launch of an Atlas V rocket and unmanned Cygnus spacecraft.

December 4, 2015

Virgin Galactic will launch satellites from a Boeing 747

Virgin Galactic has announced an ambitious plan to launch satellites from a Boeing 747.

December 4, 2015

Russian spacewalkers forced to remove videocameras outside space station

Two Russian astronauts took a seven and a half hour spacewalk outside of the International Space Station, but were unable to successfully complete their mission: installing cameras that will allow anyone, anywhere to watch the Earth lazily spin against the inky black emptiness of space.

December 3, 2015

Bad weather forces NASA to delay Cygnus spacecraft launch

Bad weather forced NASA to delay the launch of an Atlas V rocket and unmanned Cygnus spacecraft on a resupply mission to the International Space Station Thursday.

November 23, 2015

Mars will become a ringed planet when Phobos dies

Mars’ doomed moon Phobos may leave its parent planet a parting gift. A new study shows the moon is likely to break apart before it hits the atmosphere, creating a debris ring that will encircle Mars for millions of years.

November 23, 2015

What you need to know about sex in space

Bring plenty of leather belts. That is the advice from astrophysicist and pop scientist Neil DeGrasse Tyson for anyone hoping to have sex in space. Responding to a fan question on National Geographic Channel’s Star Talk, Tyson said you would need the belts to keep cavorting astronauts together.