Future NASA mission to sun 'a life's dream' for some
The chest-high rack of electronics Justin Kasper is assembling in a Massachusetts office park will fit in a shoe box before he's done.
Mar 16, 2012
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Mar 16, 2012
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Air Force space drone's secret mission hits one-year milestone
One year after the Air Force blasted it into orbit, an experimental robotic space drone continues to circle the Earth.
Mar 09, 2012
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Just in from SpaceX: Dragon and Falcon 9 assembly now complete
SpaceX today released an image of the fully assembled Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket inside their facility at Cape Canaveral. This means the first test launch of a commercially built spacecraft to the ...
Feb 28, 2012
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Navy launches new communications satellite
(AP) -- The Navy has launched a new communications satellite after two weather-related scrubs last week.
Feb 24, 2012
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Threatened butterfly vanishes from Florida refuge
For more than a year, Bahia Honda State Park biologist Jim Duquesnel traversed the nature sanctuary with two hopes. He wanted to see a Miami blue butterfly and rid the Florida Keys outpost of as many iguanas ...
Feb 15, 2012
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NASA hopes to test new spaceship in 2014
There's no firm date yet, but sometime in early 2014 NASA intends to take its first major step toward rebuilding its human spaceflight program.
Jan 30, 2012
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NRL's SoloHI instrument selected for flight on solar orbiter mission
The Naval Research Laboratory's Solar Orbiter Heliospheric Imager (SoloHI), part of the Solar Orbiter mission, is headed for space. The European Space Agency (ESA) has chosen the Solar Orbiter mission as the ...
Jan 24, 2012
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Delay for space station's 1st private cargo run (Update)
The first commercial cargo run to the International Space Station is off until spring.
Jan 20, 2012
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Air Force launches military satellite into space
(AP) -- The Air Force has sent into space a satellite that is expected to improve communications with military drones in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Jan 20, 2012
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NASA twin spacecraft GRAIL on final approach for moon orbit
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's twin spacecraft to study the moon from crust to core are nearing their New Year's Eve and New Year's Day main-engine burns to place the duo in lunar orbit.
Dec 28, 2011
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Curiosity and the solar storm
On Nov. 26th, Curiosity blasted off from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas 5 rocket. Riding a plume of fire through the blue Florida sky, the car-sized rover began a nine month journey to search for signs of life ...
Dec 15, 2011
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NASA OKs Feb. launch of private space station trip
A private California company will attempt the first-ever commercial cargo run to the International Space Station in February.
Dec 09, 2011
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NASA in high gear for Mars rover launch
The US space agency is poised to launch the most powerful and advanced robotic rover ever built to explore Mars and hunt for signs that life may once have existed on the red planet.
Nov 26, 2011
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Mars science laboratory launch milestones
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Science Laboratory is tucked inside its Atlas V rocket, ready for launch on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Nov. 26 launch window ...
Nov 24, 2011
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NASA rover launch to Mars delayed to Nov 26
The US space agency has postponed by one day its plan to launch the biggest rover ever to Mars, with the liftoff of the Mars Science Laboratory now set for November 26.
Nov 21, 2011
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