October 21, 2015 Space suit issue leads to delay of second spacewalk NASA is delaying its second repair spacewalk by a day to replace a suit for one of its astronauts.
October 21, 2015 NASA unveils ‘superhero’ robot Valkyrie that may be used to explore Mars NASA has unveiled Valkyrie, an advanced humanoid "superhero" robot that appears female and may one day be used to explore Mars.
October 21, 2015 1st satellite built by high school students blasts into space The first satellite designed and built by high school students blast edinto space along with a so-called "PhoneSat" built by NASA on Tuesday night.
October 21, 2015 Accident at Russian launchpad kills 2 officers Russia's Defense Ministry says two officers died and three servicemen were hospitalized after cleaning rocket fuel tanks at a military launchpad.
October 21, 2015 Five Easter eggs in Sandra Bullock film 'Gravity' Now that "Gravity" is pulling audiences into theaters, moviegoers are getting their first look at the dramatic thriller about stranded spacewalkers.
October 21, 2015 100-year-starship conference warps into Houston Move over, Scotty: Some real-life engineers and scientists are flocking to Houston this week to debate the future of interstellar space travel.
October 21, 2015 US military wants new hypersonic space plane The United States military is kick-starting a suborbital hypersonic vehicle program that also aims to launch payloads into orbit on the cheap.
October 21, 2015 NASA funds 6 futuristic space exploration tech ideas NASA has granted funding to six next-generation technology concepts that it believes could help advance humanity's understanding and exploration of the cosmos down the road.
October 21, 2015 Skyrocketing inflation: Russia now charging NASA $70 million per seat to fly US astronauts NASA is blaming Congress for the need to pay $424 million more to Russia to get U.S. astronauts into space.
October 21, 2015 Married to Mars: 9 questions for Dennis Tito on private Martian trips The world's first space tourist, Dennis Tito, has founded a new nonprofit organization to work toward launching the first manned mission to Mars in 2018.