Astronaut Scott Kelly is tweeting amazing photos of the Earth from space
Scott Kelly uses Twitter to share stunning photos of the Earth from space while aboard the International Space Station, as part of NASA's twins study.
Mark your calendars: SpaceX plans to launch another Falcon 9 rocket in December
After enduring a failed Falcon 9 launch this past June, SpaceX got back to work upgrading the rocket and just announced it plans to relaunch in December.
NASA just unveiled its three-step plan for getting humans on Mars
The NASA space agency recently published a 36-page report detailing exactly how it plans on sending the first group of astronauts to Mars.
NASA’s New Horizons probe just found blue skies and frozen water on Pluto
After discovering water on Mars recently, NASA just announced New Horizons detected traces of water on Pluto during its recent flyby of the dwarf planet.
Tonight, NASA’s rocket launch will light up the night sky with colorful vapor trails
People who live in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States should look to the skies tonight for a colorful display courtesy of NASA.
This heat-proof umbrella will keep ships from burning up in the Martian atmosphere
Engineers at NASA just successfully ran tests on a new heat shield that possesses the capability to endure extreme heat when entering Mars' atmosphere.
Lockheed Martin just cleared a key hurdle in the construction of its futuristic ‘Space Fence’
The U.S. Air Force just officially signed off on Lockheed Martin's Kwajalein Island-based space debris surveillance system called the Space Fence.
India just launched its first high-definition telescope into orbit
India this week successfully launched its first space observatory as part of the country's growing space program.
NASA says a simple greenhouse will allow astronauts to grow food on Mars
After announcing it found the best signs of water on Mars to date, NASA acknowledged astronauts could cultivate plant life on the planet via greenhouses.
A river runs through it: NASA finds evidence of running water on Mars
NASA announced today that Mars has seasonal rivers of flowing water, increasing the odds that the planet can sustain some forms of life.
NASA’s “Twin Study” shows what half a year in space does to the human body
Astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly, identical twins spoke to C-SPAN about the twin study on the effects of life in space on the human body.
Jeff Bezos officially announces Florida’s Space Coast as Blue Origin’s new home
Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos officially announced plans to launch and maintain Blue Origin's space program on Florida's "Space Coast."
French firm offers NASA plan to build bubble homes on Mars
A French company called Fabulous just unveiled plans to 3D-print bubble homes on Mars that would take advantage of the planet's iron oxide-rich soil.
A humanoid robot may soon be the first permanent resident on the ISS
A team of researchers in France just completed work on a robot with an autobiographical memory, and it may soon be a permanent member of the ISS.
Microsoft will send HoloLens to space again, hopes the rocket won’t blow up this time
In lieu of the recent SpaceX explosion incident, NASA is planning once again to send HoloLens to outer space.
SpaceX’s gargantuan Falcon Heavy rocket will launch in the spring of 2016
Elon Musk's aerospace manufacturer SpaceX recently announced it plans to launch its massive Falcon Heavy rocket in either late April or early May of 2016.
What does whisky aged in space taste like? Really different, says Ardbeg distillery
The verdict is finally in on the difference in taste that results from whisky that was aged in space versus that which was aged on lowly Earth.
Sip Scotch in space with Ballantine’s new Zero Gravity Whisky Glass
Here to restore some dignity to whisky is Scottish distillery Ballantine's, which has finally resolved astronauts' pressing need for a zero gravity glass
Space prospecting: How Planetary Resources selects its asteroid mining targets
Ever wondered how Planetary Resources --the world's foremost asteroid mining organization-- decides what space rocks to chase after? Hit the jump to find out!
NASA’s latest bright idea? Using harpoons to ‘hitchhike’ on comets and asteroids
Instead of using costly fuel to accelerate a spacecraft toward a comet or an asteroid, Ono's proposed system would use a reusable tether system that would capture the comet.
U.S. Department of Energy is building a car-sized digital camera with a 3.2 gigapixel resolution
The DOE is building a 3.2-gigapixel camera for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), which will capture high-resolution images of the southern sky.
New Horizons space probe heading to Kuiper Belt object in post-Pluto mission
NASA's New Horizons division continues analysis of Pluto data, while planning probe's next fly-by destination, an object named 2014 MU69 in the Kuiper belt.
NASA will isolate 6 researchers in a dome for a year to simulate a Mars mission
Six NASA recruits began the longest US isolation experiment when they entered the HI-SEAS dome habitat. The year long trial will simulate life on Mars.
Astronauts will attempt to control an Earth-based rover from the ISS next month
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is attempting a world's first next month when he tries to control robotic arms from space using a new haptic remote control.
NASA’s new 3D printed rocket parts work just as well as the old-fashioned ones
After running a series of rigorous heat-tests, NASA found its 3D-printed rocket injectors hold up to extreme conditions as well as traditionally made parts.
Get buzzed in space with this whiskey, newly sent over to the International Space Station
For whisky that is truly out of this world, look no further than Japan’s Suntory label, which has decided to send its liquor off the planet and into space.
NASA is gearing up to launch an asteroid mining mission in 2016
In just one year, NASA plans to send its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to a nearby asteroid to mine it for samples and clues of the early Solar System.
This ambitious Canadian company plans to build a space elevator out of inflatable Kevlar cells
If Canadian company Thoth Technology makes good on its patent, it will soon unveil the world's first space elevator.
Need an adhesive in outer space? Look to the gecko
Scientists are developing a “gecko gripper” system that will take adhesion to the next level in space.