September 24, 2018 After Pluto, New Horizons probe draws near to its next target: Ultima Thule Don't sleep on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.
September 24, 2018 The new BFR: How SpaceX's giant rocket-spaceship combo for Mars has changed SpaceX's Mars-colonizing Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) spaceflight system just went through a growth spurt.
September 21, 2018 Japan lowers rovers onto 'dumpling' asteroid, hopeful of historic touchdown Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has lowered two small rovers onto an asteroid in an epic mission to study the distant space rock.
September 21, 2018 Astronauts going to Mars will absorb crazy amounts of radiation. Now we Know how much. There are plenty of challenges to putting people on Mars, whether you look at the rocket, the astronaut or the planet itself.
September 19, 2018 Tiny satellites headed to Mars likely are first of many Two tiny explorers are pushing the bounds of their kind, but if scientists have their way, the two adventurers will soon have plenty of company.
September 19, 2018 Astronaut Scott Kelly offers to help Elon Musk with Moon mission An actual astronaut has suggested he — or any qualified person — may be useful to tech billionaire Elon Musk’s planned round trip to the Moon in 2023.
September 18, 2018 NASA unveils first images from TESS probe's alien planet hunting quest NASA has unveiled the first images from its Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), its $337 million alien-planet hunting satellite and the results are nothing short of incredible.
September 17, 2018 SpaceX reveals Yusaku Maezawa will fly 'around the Moon' in historic announcement SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced Monday night that entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa would be the first private person to fly solo around the moon aboard the company's Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) launch vehicle.
September 17, 2018 Rocket reveal: Elon Musk unveils new images of BFR SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to show off two new images of the BFR, ahead of the announcement tonight as to who the private passenger is that the company will fly "around the Moon."
September 17, 2018 Cassini's last view of Saturn moon shows fabulous methane lakes Just four days before the Cassini spacecraft's dramatic dive into Saturn's atmosphere last year, cameras aboard the spacecraft captured the mission's last image of Saturn's largest moon, Titan.