Space News

NASA's Dawn spacecraft has entered orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres, one of the most geologically interesting objects in the solar system --

Virgin Galactic opened its latest commercial spaceflight facility this month to build a new rocket capable of launching small satellites into orbit.

The strong geomagetic storm surprised early risers yesterday on St. Patrick’s Day with a spectacular display of the northern lights, ended up with staying power. According to Spaceweather.com, a fast-moving CME hit Ear...

More than a million young stars are forming in a hot, dusty cloud of molecular gases in a tiny galaxy near our own, an international team of astronomers has discovered.

After astronomers recorded a bright flash on the Moon in March 2013 NASA tasked it Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to compare old and new images. Clues led the LRO team to find an 18-meter-wide crater, one of 25+ fresh impa...

Current and would-be providers of Ku- and Ka-band satellite broadband on March 18 said they have no concern that the high-throughput spacecraft on the way will cause a glut of in-orbit capacity. The post Broadband Provid...

Mobile satellite services operator Thuraya Telecommunications Co. of Dubai posted revenue of $140 million, up 14 percent over 2013 on the strength of continued strong sales of its Satphone handset, Thuraya Chief Executiv...

Discussions at the 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Texas, of icy volcanism on Ceres have led to speculation that the dwarf planet may potentially be habitable. Although Ceres does not have an atmo...

NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft has observed two unexpected phenomena in the Martian atmosphere: an unexplained high-altitude dust cloud and aurora that reaches deep into the Martian atmo...

Launching on a rocket lower stage, Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser Cargo version could visit space facilities, then re-enter and glide to a runway landing thanks to its lifting body-based aero-design.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: The ADAPT test system can help a spacecraft divert its course and make a smooth, pinpoint landing. Two technology demonstration test flights were completed in Californi...

A total solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Europe, Asia and Africa on Friday (March 20), but eclipses can be dangerous, too, and no one should ever look directly at the sun -- even during an eclipse.

MIT Kavli Institute: Each year, the MIT community comes together to celebrate the extraordinary accomplishments of staff and community members at the MIT Excellence Awards and Collier Medal Ceremony. The MIT Excellence A...

A NASA spacecraft circling Mars has detected a mysterious dust cloud and a vibrant aurora, both unexpected phenomena on Earth's neighboring planet, researchers said Wednesday.

U.S. Defense Department officials and some House members fear a law passed by Congress last year could inadvertently create separate launch monopolies for two critical classes of national security payloads -- intermediat...

It lasted just 12 minutes and 9 seconds, but the first spacewalk -- 50 years ago -- took the first steps towards shaping the future of space exploration. Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to leave hi...

OneWeb LLC Chief Technology Officer Dave Bettinger on March 18 said the company is within weeks of selecting a prime contractor for its 900 low orbiting Internet delivery satellites and that the first launches would occu...

Particles within a comet's tail can quickly whip up to the speed of the solar wind, according to observations of a comet in 2013.

NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft has observed two unexpected phenomena in the Martian atmosphere: an unexplained high-altitude dust cloud and aurora that reaches deep into the Martian atmo...

On March 18, 1965 Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made the first spacewalk in history, floating outside his Voskhod 2 capsule. Leonov made the walk when he was just 30 years old, and later wrote that he felt "like a seagu...

Early data from the Dawn spacecraft could clear up a mystery about the dwarf planet --

The first one-year crew for the International Space Station is set to launch Friday, March 27. NASA Television will provide extensive coverage of the launch and the crew's arrival to the orbital laboratory.