New pictures show Mars lander crash site

Detailed images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show the crash site of the European Space Agency's Schiaparelli lander

• Oct 27, 2016

Photo captures crash site of Mars lander

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted what appears to be the site where the European spacecraft crashed Wednesday

• Oct 21, 2016

Upgraded Soyuz brings crew of three to space station

An upgraded Russian ferry ship docked at the space station Friday, bringing three fresh crew members to the lab complex

• Oct 21, 2016

Did Europe's Mars lander crash and burn on the Red Planet?

Mission scientists aren't sure, but even if it did, they say the vast trove of data that it sent back will be worth it

• Oct 20, 2016

NASA's Jupiter probe runs into trouble

Engineers are troubleshooting a pair of problems that interrupted science observations by NASA's Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter

• Oct 19, 2016

China launches two astronauts

Two Chinese astronauts, or "taikonauts," launched on a two-day flight to a space station module for a month-long stay

• Oct 16, 2016

Kennedy Space Center "dodged a bullet" from Hurricane Matthew

After a tense night hunkered down in the storm, NASA officials are planning a detailed inspection of the damage

• Oct 7, 2016

Kennedy Space Center braces for Hurricane Matthew

A NASA "rideout" team will keep critical systems operating while Florida's Space Coast evacuates ahead of the killer storm

• Oct 6, 2016

Blue Origin stages spectacular spacecraft abort test

Launch commentator: “There it is! There you go, New Shepard, look at her! What a test!”

• Oct 5, 2016

Rosetta probe ends comet mission with a bang

The Rosetta spacecraft closed out its remarkably successful mission by crash landing on the comet it's been studying for the past two years

• Sep 30, 2016

Rosetta spacecraft ends 12-year mission after crash landing into comet

After the first successful mission to land on a comet, Rosetta meets a fitting demise

• Sep 30, 2016

Elon Musk unveils grandiose plan to colonize Mars

SpaceX founder Elon Musk says he plans to build huge new reusable rockets and spaceships to eventually ferry colonists to Mars

• Sep 27, 2016

Water plumes spotted above Jupiter's moon Europa

The Hubble Space Telescope has again spotted what appear to be plumes of water vapor rising above one of Jupiter's moons

• Sep 26, 2016

SpaceX pinpoints cause of rocket explosion

The private space company says it's figured out what caused the launch-pad blast and hopes to resume flights later this fall

• Sep 23, 2016

Launch of commercial surveillance satellite delayed

Launch of DigitalGlobe's WorldView-4 satellite delayed two days due to propellant leak in a launch pad system

• Sep 16, 2016

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