Remembering Columbia

Recalling the 2003 Columbia disaster. An essay by William Harwood. Read More...

Atlas 5 boosts NASA comsat into space

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket rumbled to life and blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Wednesday evening, boosting a powerful NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite into orbit. Read More...

Sierra Nevada welcomes Lockheed Martin to Dream Chaser project

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. is joining Sierra Nevada Corp.'s Dream Chaser commercial manned spacecraft program to help with flight certification and composites manufacturing, officials say. Read More...

Opportunity Mars rover moves into 10th year of operations

NASA's Opportunity Mars rover, with a design life of just 90 days, moves into its 10th year of operations, exploring the rim of Endeavour Crater. Principal Investigator Steve Squyres discusses the mission. Read More...

Company envisions asteroid mining

A second company has jumped into what the founders hope will be a lucrative emerging market, prospecting for raw materials among near-Earth asteroids using fleets of low-cost robotic spacecraft. Read More...

Bigelow inflatable module bound for space station

An inflatable module developed by a Las Vegas hotel entrepreneur will be attached to the International Space Station in 2015 for a two-year test run to evaluate the technology's performance in space. Read More...

Europe to build Orion service module

The European Space Agency will supply the service module that will power an initial unmanned test flight of NASA's Orion deep space exploration capsule in 2017, officials say.
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Mars rover finds more evidence of watery past

Taking their time with a surprising variety of scientific targets, scientists are gearing up to test the Curiosity Mars rover's powerful impact drill before beginning a year-long trek to Mount Sharp some six miles away. Read More...

Company test pilots to make first commercial spaceflights

The first American manned spacecraft to reach orbit in the wake of the shuttle's retirement will be crewed by company test pilots -- not NASA astronauts -- as early as mid 2015, company officials say.
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