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May 2, 2016

Stairway to the stars: Company receives patent for 'space elevator'

Like something out of "The Jetsons," Canadian firm Thoth Technology has been granted a U.S. patent for a space elevator. The proposed "freestanding space tower" would reach a little over 12 miles above the Earth, according to an announcement from the company.聽

May 2, 2016

NASA offers rocket rides for tiny Cubesats

NASA aims to get many more tiny cubesats to space in the coming years.

May 2, 2016

Apollo 14 astronaut claims peace-loving aliens prevented 'nuclear war' on Earth

From 鈥淭he Day the Earth Stood Still鈥� to 鈥淐lose Encounters of the Third Kind鈥� to 鈥淓.T.,鈥� pop culture is filled with stories about friendly, curious extraterrestrials visiting Earth to learn more about mankind. For Apollo 14 veteran Edgar Mitchell that plotline is less fiction than it is reality. The sixth man to walk the surface of the moon told the Mirror that he believes peace-keeping aliens visited our planet to prevent a nuclear war between Russia and the United States.

May 2, 2016

Astronaut Chris Hadfield releasing 'Space Sessions' album recorded in orbit

In the first single off of Chris Hadfield's new music album, the first album to be primarily recorded in space, the Canadian astronaut croons, "Can't stand on my own two feet, I just float away, I took a ride in a hot, hot seat, now I'm ready to play, far away."

May 2, 2016

Space Station astronauts make history, eat first space-grown veggies

Astronauts on the International Space Station made history Monday when they munched space-grown vegetables for the first time.

May 2, 2016

NASA: Seats on Russian rockets will cost us $490 million

NASA told Congress on Wednesday that it will have to spend half a billion dollars to pay Russia to fly astronauts to the International Space Station.

May 2, 2016

16-year-old's DNA experiment will fly in space

A 16-year-old New York City-area student will one day see her DNA experiment launched to the International Space Station.

May 2, 2016

Stunning photo shows SpaceShipTwo pilot parachuting to Earth after crash

It is a picture of bravery in the face of the unthinkable.

May 2, 2016

SpaceX rocket explosion likely caused by faulty strut, Elon Musk says

The聽disintegration of a SpaceX Falcon 9聽rocket shortly after it launched on a space station resupply mission for NASA last month was most likely caused by a faulty strut inside the booster's upper stage, company CEO and founder Elon Musk said Monday.

May 2, 2016

Stunning NASA image reveals Pluto鈥檚 icy plains

NASA has released more stunning images from the New Horizons spacecraft鈥檚 historic Pluto Flyby, providing a spectacular view of the dwarf planet鈥檚 icy terrain.