A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Thursday, carrying a payload of three very different spacecraft: an Indonesian telecommunications satellite, an experimental spacecraft for the US military and the first commercial mission to attempt a landing on the Moon. Falcon lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the opening of a 32-minute window at 20:45 Eastern Time (01:45 UTC on Friday).
For the second time in as many months, a new mission to the moon is…
Following a December 7, 2018 launch on a Long March-3B/G3Z rocket, China has now landed…
In the history of spaceflight, three nations have successfully landed a spacecraft on the surface…
Like most years, 2017 saw numerous scientific advancements and discoveries throughout the solar system and…
Speaking at the 2017 International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia, Elon Musk has laid out…
Continuing its exploration at the ringed giant of the solar system, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has…
Following from their Mars-500 “long duration” simulation in 2011-2012, the Institute of Biomedical Problems in…
Robert Bigelow, founder and President of Bigelow Aerospace, believes that space property rights are essential…
China’s Chang’e-3 and the lunar rover Yutu (Jade Rabbit) have landed on the lunar surface…
The Chinese have begun their most ambitious lunar mission to date, following the successful launch…
NASA’s latest mission to the Moon launched aboard an Orbital Sciences Minotaur rocket Friday night.…
The House Science space subcommittee’s 2013 Authorization Act intends to refocus NASA’s exploration path towards…
Two months after signing a non-funded Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA, Bigelow Aerospace has…
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden has strongly ruled out missions to land on the Moon as…
The latest documentation relating to the efforts to create an Exploration Roadmap for NASA’s future…
The debut of the Space Launch System (SLS) will send the Orion (MPCV) on a…
With all cylinders now firing on NASA’s exploration planning effort, the development and early mission…
The Delta II rocket has launched on its 150th flight on Saturday, departing from Cape…
If the first half of 2009 for NASA demonstrated the agency’s unwavering attention to safety,…
