NASA's Kepler spacecraft dead after discovering thousands of planets

"While this may be a sad event, we're by no means unhappy with the performance of this marvelous machine"

• Oct 30, 2018

Soyuz flights may resume in December after frightening mishap

NASA administrator expects Russians to resume crew flights to International Space Station in December

• Oct 23, 2018

Spacecraft launching on 7-year voyage to Mercury

Only two other spacecraft have ever visited Mercury and only one of them went into orbit

• Oct 19, 2018

3 companies win major Air Force rocket contracts

SpaceX snubbed as United Launch Alliance, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, and Northrup Grumman win major Air Force contracts

• Oct 12, 2018

Two-man Soyuz crew set for space station launch

A Russian Soyuz carrying a crew of two is set for launch Thursday to the International Space Station

• Oct 10, 2018

SpaceX stages California launch — and landing — in a new first

Three years after its first Florida rocket landing, SpaceX brings sonic booms, light show to California on Sunday night

• Oct 8, 2018

NASA revises launch targets for Boeing, SpaceX crew ships

First unpiloted flights of new commercial crew ships from the two companies slip into 2019

• Oct 4, 2018

NASA releases 60-second video celebrating its 60th anniversary

NASA's "60 Years in 60 Seconds" covers many of the highlights from its decades in existence

• Oct 1, 2018

Bezos' Blue Origin wins key rocket engine contract

A rocket engine developed by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will power United Launch Alliance rocket

• Sep 27, 2018

Japanese cargo ship reaches space station

A Japanese supply ship loaded with 5 tons of cargo is now attached to the space station

• Sep 27, 2018

Mars rover spotted from orbit after going silent

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the still-silent Opportunity rover on the surface of the red planet

• Sep 25, 2018

SpaceX: Japanese billionaire to be first "private passenger" on moon mission

SpaceX founder Elon Musk says the company will launch a private citizen on a flight around the moon as soon as 2023

• Sep 18, 2018

NASA laser probe to measure ice, glaciers, oceans

NASA's $1 billion ICESat-2 spacecraft will measure sea and ground ice thickness around the world

• Sep 14, 2018

Space station commander flatly denies crew caused leak

Station commander Drew Feustel says his crew had nothing to do with causing a recent leak, which Russia blamed on human error

• Sep 11, 2018

Russians blame Soyuz leak on human error

A small leak in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft attached to the International Space Station apparently was caused by human error, investigators say

• Sep 4, 2018

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