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May 2, 2016

SpaceX, ULA transforming historic launchpads for commercial crew flights

They were the sites where men left for the moon and space shuttles launched into orbit, where rovers departed for Mars and probes took off to the outer planets.

May 2, 2016

SpaceX may try land-based rocket landing this month, NASA official says

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX may try to make history with its next launch later this month, returning its rocket to a landing pad rather than an ocean-based platform, a NASA official said today (Dec.

May 2, 2016

Private Cygnus spacecraft launch Thursday may be visible from US East Coast

People in the eastern United States might be able to see a private cargo spacecraft launch toward the International Space Station on Thursday evening.

May 2, 2016

Manned mission to Mars must not ignore human struggles, expert stresses

A successful crewed Mars campaign must recognize, and take pains to ameliorate, the psychological and cultural challenges that Red Planet pioneers will face, a prominent space architect says.

May 2, 2016

Blue Origin makes historic reusable rocket landing in epic test flight

The private spaceflight company Blue Origin just launched itself into the history books by successfully flying and landing a reusable rocket.

May 2, 2016

Gigantic ice cloud spotted on Saturn moon Titan (Photos)

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected a massive, never-before-seen icy cloud at the south pole of Saturn's huge moon Titan.

May 2, 2016

Virgin Galactic recruits female test pilot Kelly Latimer

Kelly Latimer, the first female research test pilot ever to join what is now NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center, has joined Virgin Galactic as the spaceflight company's newest pilot.

May 2, 2016

Search for life: Where should a Europa lander touch down?

If humanity ever launches a life-hunting mission to the icy surface of Europa, the probe should probably touch down on the "chaos terrain" of the ocean-harboring Jupiter moon, a new study suggests.

May 2, 2016

Putting astronauts on Mars: NASA lays out three-phase plan

The path to Mars goes through the moon — or the region of space near the moon, anyway.

May 2, 2016

World View's balloon-based space tourism to lift off in 2017

A new type of space tourism is set to lift off two years from now, without the aid of a rocket.