September 27, 2017 Apollo 11 Moon dust-stained lunar sample bag may set sale record at Sotheby's A small, empty cloth bag is expected this week to rocket past space capsules and a wristwatch worn on the moon to become the most valuable space artifact to ever sell at auction.
September 27, 2017 SpaceX plans to relaunch a rocket just 24 hours after it lands SpaceX, the pioneering force behind reusable rocket technology, has already proven to the world that single-use rockets will one day be a thing of the past, but the company clearly isn't done honing its recovery and refurbishing techniques.
September 27, 2017 Liftoff? Icy jets of Saturn moon Enceladus fly in NASA photo A photo of Saturn's moon Enceladus looks poised for liftoff as jets fly from its southern hemisphere.
September 27, 2017 Billionaire space prospectors are racing to mine the moon, and that's a good thing Over the next 10 years, space-age prospectors will fly to the moon in hopes of striking it rich. And this interplanetary cash-grab might just be the key to human survival, centuries down the line.
September 27, 2017 NASA unveils 2018 launch targets for private spaceships built by Boeing, SpaceX WASHINGTON — Both NASA and the two companies developing commercial crew vehicles say those efforts remain on schedule for test flights that are in some cases less than a year away.
September 26, 2017 Astronaut habitat for Mars missions could be made from recycled Space Shuttle parts NASA is giving Lockheed Martin the permission to go where no company has gone before. To deep space — using recycled material.
September 26, 2017 NASA engineers test engine for world's most powerful rocket NASA engineers tested the RS-25 rocket engine, which will play a crucial role in eventual missions to Mars, on Tuesday.
September 26, 2017 NASA Astronaut and Marine Col. Randy Bresnik blasts off on space station mission NASA Astronaut and Marine Corps Col. Randy Bresnik will join his record-breaking colleague Peggy Whitson on the International Space Station Friday.
September 26, 2017 Replica of lunar module stolen from Neil Armstrong museum A rare, solid gold replica of the 1969 Lunar Excursion Module that landed on the moon has been stolen from the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
September 26, 2017 Cassini spots 'ghostly curtains of light' near Saturn's south pole The Cassini spacecraft at Saturn recently observed a light show on the planet's southern hemisphere: auroras, glittering in the gaseous atmosphere.