SpaceX kicks off busy 2018 with launch of mysterious payload

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a mysterious government satellite known as "Zuma" lighting up the sky Sunday night

• Jan 7, 2018

Bruce McCandless, iconic spacewalker, dies

Former NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, who carried out the first untethered spacewalk, dies at 80

• Dec 22, 2017

SpaceX unveils world's most powerful rocket

SpaceX is readying a powerful Falcon Heavy rocket for a long-awaited maiden flight next month

• Dec 22, 2017

SpaceX lifts off from launch pad rebuilt after explosion

SpaceX returns to a rebuilt launch pad for a flight to the International Space Station

• Dec 15, 2017

Two new planets found orbiting distant suns

Advanced analysis of data from NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft leads to discovery of two new worlds

• Dec 14, 2017

Rapid-fire space station crew swap on tap

Three space station crew members land early Thursday; three replacements take off Sunday

• Dec 13, 2017

Space station cargo ship prepped for flight

Orbital ATK readies an Antares rocket for launch Saturday on a space station supply run

• Nov 10, 2017

SpaceX launches South Korean satellite

SpaceX chalks up its 16th Falcon 9 launch so far this year, boosting a communications satellite into space

• Oct 30, 2017

Astronauts stage third spacewalk in 15 days

Two space station astronauts worked outside the lab Friday to install new cameras and carry out other mainenance

• Oct 20, 2017

Colliding neutron stars detected for first time

For the first time, astronomers have pinpointed two neutron stars colliding, using light and gravity waves

• Oct 16, 2017

Russian cargo ship takes off for space station

After a last-second delay Thursday, a Russian cargo ship took off and headed for the International Space Station

• Oct 14, 2017

Last-second launch abort grounds Russian spacecraft

Launch of a Russian space station supply ship aborted at the last second, stopping plan to test fast rendezvous

• Oct 12, 2017

SpaceX launches 10 Iridium satellites

SpaceX launches the first of two rapid-fire missions to lift more telephone relay stations into orbit

• Oct 9, 2017

Pence calls for return to moon before flights to Mars

Vice President Mike Pence addressed the National Space Council about plans for a "stepping stone" to Mars

• Oct 5, 2017

Aging robot arm gets spacewalk surgery

Two NASA astronauts ventured outside International Space Station for robot arm surgery

• Oct 5, 2017

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