October 21, 2015 Amazon CEO's Saturn V rocket engines conserved in Kansas Although they stood up to the immense thrust needed to launch the mighty Saturn V rocket toward the moon, it turns out that the mammoth F-1 engines that powered the booster's first two-and-a-half minutes of flight were no match for the Atlantic Ocean.
October 21, 2015 3-man crew returns safely to Earth from International Space Station Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, American Thomas Marshburn, and Russian Roman Romanenko landed as planned southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan
October 21, 2015 New space station crew to launch and dock today in cosmic first After blasting off on a Russian rocket ride Thursday, March 28, three men are poised to make history by reaching the International Space Station faster than any astronauts to fly there before.
October 21, 2015 Voyager 1 escapes sun, enters new region of space After cruising the “magnetic highway” that rings the very outskirts of the solar system, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new and unexplored region of space, although it had yet to exit the solar system, NASA indicated.
October 21, 2015 Space tourist to unveil details of private Mars voyage today A millionaire space tourist plans to make a major announcement today about launching a trip to Mars in 2018.
October 21, 2015 Warp speed: what hyperspace would REALLY look like The science fiction vision of stars flashing by as streaks when spaceships travel faster than light isn't what the scene would actually look like, a team of physics students says.
October 21, 2015 Space radiation may harm astronaut brains Radiation in space might harm the brains of astronauts in deep space by accelerating the development of Alzheimer's disease, a new study on mice suggests.
October 21, 2015 Twin NASA spacecraft to crash into mountain on the moon Ebb and Flow chased each other around the moon for nearly a year, peering into the interior. With dwindling fuel supplies, the twin NASA spacecraft are ready for a dramatic finish.
October 21, 2015 Apollo 17, last lunar landing, launched 40 years ago today Apollo 17, the last of the missions to land men on the moon, began 40 years ago today with the dawning of a man-made sun.
October 21, 2015 Richard Branson wants to 'populate' Mars Richard Branson is on a mission to Mars. The Virgin Airlines CEO says he has a plan to populate the red planet with an intergalactic Noah’s Ark.