August 10, 2018 NASA's Parker Solar Probe: Cape Canaveral prepares for epic mission to the Sun NASA plans to make history Saturday when its Parker Solar Probe blasts off on an epic mission to the Sun. Workers at Cape Canaveral are making final preparations for the launch, which will take the spacecraft on an incredible journey through the Sun’s corona.
August 10, 2018 NASA's Parker Solar Probe set to write new chapter in Cape Canaveral history All eyes will be on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Saturday for the launch of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. The audacious mission to the sun is just the latest historic launch from the iconic site.
August 10, 2018 Weird solar science: How NASA's Parker probe will dive through the Sun's atmosphere NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will soon blast off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on an epic journey that will see it dive through the outermost part of the Sun’s atmosphere.
August 9, 2018 NASA's Parker Solar Probe set to 'touch the Sun' on historic mission NASA is set to launch its Parker Solar Probe Saturday on a historic mission that will “touch the Sun.”
August 7, 2018 Mysterious radio signal found in space and astronomers aren't sure where it's coming from What is puzzling scientists is not the radio burst itself, but that the frequency is nearly 200 MHz lower than any other radio burst ever detected.
August 3, 2018 NASA names nine 'American hero' astronauts for SpaceX, Boeing missions NASA has announced the nine astronauts that will crew the test flights and first missions of the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
July 25, 2018 World first: Chinese physicists made a cold atomic clock work in space Telling time precisely is important; it gets you up in the morning and coordinates everything from air travel to the GPS system. And if you do it well enough, you can even use it to navigate outer space.
July 24, 2018 Astronauts' faith: Tiny Bible from the Apollo 14 Moon landing up for auction An extremely rare miniature Bible that traveled to the Moon on the Apollo 14 mission is up for auction.
July 23, 2018 Tiny satellite begins hunt for missing Milky-Way matter A tiny satellite has set out to investigate the halo of incredibly hot gas surrounding the Milky Way — and it could help scientists track down the huge amount of missing matter in the universe.
July 20, 2018 Makings of Moon landing: 50 years ago, Apollo 11 was one year from 'giant leap' One year before humanity's first lunar landing, the moon must have still felt quite far away.