February 9, 2017 NASA investigates sending a lander to Europa to look for life NASA has taken one small step closer to possibly sending a robotic landing craft to Europa, a moon that orbits Jupiter that is a candidate for hosting alien life.
February 7, 2017 Soccer ball recovered from Shuttle Challenger now on Space Station A soccer ball that was on the ill-fated launch of the space shuttle Challenger has made it to orbit 30 years later, thanks to a shared connection between one of the fallen astronauts and the current commander on the International Space Station.
February 1, 2017 On anniversary of Columbia Shuttle disaster, astronaut laments the 'brave explorers' lost Wednesday marks the 14th anniversary of the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster, in which seven astronauts lost their lives as the craft broke up during reentry on February 1, 2003.
February 1, 2017 Space flight changes astronauts' brains, research reveals Researchers found that the volume of grey matter in the astronaut brains actually decreased.
January 26, 2017 After decade, Lunar X prize sets one final deadline It's officially a five-team space race for $20 million, Quartz reports.
January 26, 2017 NASA displays Apollo capsule hatch 50 years after fatal fire NASA on Thursday gave visitors at Kennedy Space Center a glimpse at one of it's most historic -- and tragic -- artifacts: the hatch door of the infamous Apollo 1 spacecraft.
January 26, 2017 Saturn's moon sparks 'Death Star' comparisons This week NASA released an image of Saturn’s icy moon Tethys. The Twitterverse responded by comparing the heavenly body to the Death Star from “Star Wars”.
January 25, 2017 New satellite sends 'jaw-dropping' images of Earth GOES-16, the fancy new satellite developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is sending its first photos back to Earth since it lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Nov. 19, and the high-res results are causing astronomers and meteorologists to squeal with delight.
January 19, 2017 NASA study paving way for human travel to Mars A group of NASA-funded researchers are poised to enter an isolated geodesic dome on a remote Hawaii volcano to study human behavior in long-term space exploration, including a planned voyage to Mars.
January 17, 2017 Eugene Cernan: A life in pictures Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, died on Jan. 16, 2017. These pictures document his role in the Apollo 10 and Apollo 17 missions.
