SpaceX launches communications satellite

Falcon 9 rocket boosts SES communications satellite into space early Monday morning from Cape Canaveral

• Jun 4, 2018

Three space station fliers wrap up mission

Three space station crew members departed the outpost Sunday to close out a 168-day mission

• Jun 3, 2018

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches seven satellites

SpaceX is launching seven commercial and government satellites in West Coast flight

• May 22, 2018

Spacewalkers work on coolant pumps "Leaky" and "Frosty"

Two space station astronauts ventured outside the lab for six and a half hours to reposition two critical coolant pumps

• May 16, 2018

Signs of water plumes on Jupiter's moon Europa

Re-analysis of data from NASA's Galileo probe indicates jets of water on Jupiter's moon Europa; future mission will get a closer look

• May 15, 2018

SpaceX launches first "block 5" Falcon 9 rocket

SpaceX's upgraded version of the Falcon 9 blasted off Friday after a last-minute abort the day before

• May 11, 2018

SpaceX scrubs launch of its first "block 5" Falcon 9

The launch of the upgraded version of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will be a first

• May 10, 2018

NASA's InSight lander readies for launch to Mars

NASA's InSight Mars lander is the first dedicated solely to studying the interior of the red planet

• May 4, 2018

Bridenstine sworn in as head of NASA after confirmation battle

Vice President Mike Pence swore in the former Oklahoma congressman to lead NASA after a contentious confirmation process

• Apr 23, 2018

Trump's controversial NASA chief narrowly confirmed

Jim Bridenstine, a Navy Reserve pilot, was confirmed as NASA's 13th administrator

• Apr 19, 2018

SpaceX launches NASA planet-hunting satellite

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket boosted a NASA planet-hunting satellite into space Wednesday

• Apr 18, 2018

NASA planet hunter set for 2-year mission

Running two days late, a NASA planet-hunting satellite is ready for its long-awaited mission

• Apr 18, 2018

Diamonds from meteorite may be from lost planet

Researchers examined diamonds found inside the Almahata Sitta meteorite​ and concluded they were most likely formed by a proto-planet at least 4.55 billion years ago

• Apr 17, 2018

Virgin Galactic chalks up successful supersonic test flight

Thursday's launch of SpaceShipTwo is the company's first powered flight since a 2014 crash that destroyed an earlier model and killed its pilot

• Apr 5, 2018

Space station now home to a delicious sprouting onion

Onion breath could be a real issue on the International Space Station now that a cosmonaut has brought the veggie on board

• Apr 2, 2018

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