The latest information on spaceships, satellites, the International Space Station, astronauts and space travel.
Shadow of a Martian Robot
The shadow of a Martian robot, the Opportunity rover, currently exploring the red planet.
Construction started on Space Fence
Construction started on the new Lockheed Martin’s Space Fence radar system, for tracking objects in orbit, commercial and military satellites and debris from collisions.
Soyuz Rolls out for Launch
The Expedition 43 Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 25, 2015.
4 Satellites will track the secrets of Magnetic Reconnection
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, mission, will study how a phenomenon called magnetic reconnection allows energy and particles from the sun to funnel inside the magnetosphere, the
Romantic return to Earth
Expedition 42 Returns to Earth. The Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft is seen as it lands early in the morning on Thursday, March 12, in Kazakhstan.
NASA test-fires most powerful rocket booster
The largest, most powerful rocket booster ever built successfully fired up by NASA, on Wednesday. Watch the video…
Earth Observing Fleet
This animation shows the Earth Observing NASA’s fleet, the remote sensing observatories as of February 2015. Take a look at the video…
UK will open the first European spaceport
Plans for Britain to be home of Europe’s first spaceport moved a step closer, after government’s confirmation of widespread support of the project.
Goodbye Mr. Spock
Astronaut Terry Virts tweeted this image of a Vulcan hand salute from orbit, from the International Space Station, as a tribute to actor Leonard Nimoy, who died on
The First Selfie in Space
The first selfie in space by astronaut Buzz Aldrin, along with more old NASA photos, will be auctioned.