January 4, 2019 NASA announces latest discoveries from Ultima Thule flyby NASA has announced the latest discoveries from the New Horizons spacecraft’s historic flyby of Ultima Thule in the far reaches of our solar system.
January 4, 2019 Chinese rover leaves tracks on far side of the Moon China National Space Administration (CNSA) has released a stunning new image of the tracks made by the lunar rover that landed on the far side of the lunar surface.
January 3, 2019 Humanity will slam a spacecraft into an asteroid in a few years to help save us all Humans are preparing to punch the solar system — but in self-defense, not anger.
January 3, 2019 NASA says icy object past Pluto looks like reddish snowman LAUREL, Md. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft 4 billion miles from Earth yielded its first close-up pictures Wednesday of the most distant celestial object ever explored, depicting what looks like a reddish snowman.
January 3, 2019 China successfully lands spacecraft on far side of moon, state media says China successfully landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon on Thursday, becoming the first country to ever land on the side of the moon that faces away from Earth, state news media said.
January 1, 2019 NASA spacecraft captures images of Ultima Thule in farthest flyby of space object in our solar system NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has made a trek to the far reaches of our solar system, zooming past icy Ultima Thule at 32,000 miles per hour in the early hours of New Year's Day.
December 31, 2018 China pushes for primacy in space China is poised to realize an ambitious mission to the far side of the moon, the most immediate of many planned milestones in its effort to challenge America’s half-century-long supremacy in space.
December 26, 2018 Sending astronauts to Mars would be stupid, says Apollo 8 pilot One of the first astronauts to orbit the Moon said on Wednesday that it's "stupid" to plan human missions to Mars.
December 22, 2018 Here's why space travel will be even more amazing (and important) in 2019 It’s well known that if something goes out of style, you only need to wait several decades for it to return. That certainly applies to manned space exploration, which, after fading from the headlines in the late eighties, is poised to roar back to life in 2019. But there is one glaring difference I see in the comeback and one huge reason why it matters.
December 21, 2018 Apollo 8 astronauts recount NASA's epic first mission to the Moon On the morning of Dec. 21, 1968 NASA’s Apollo 8 spacecraft lifted off atop a Saturn V rocket from Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center on humanity's first journey to another world.
