January 15, 2017 SpaceX completes first successful launch since explosion A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Saturday and placed a constellation of satellites in orbit, marking the company's first launch since a fireball engulfed a similar rocket on a Florida launch pad more than four months ago.
January 13, 2017 NASA suspends ties with Russian gov't officials over ongoing crisis in Crimea NASA has suspended contact with Russian government representatives, citing ongoing violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, according to an internal letter written by a top official on Wednesday.
January 13, 2017 Tempers flare on Capitol Hill as Elon Musk fights for US space bucks It wasn't rockets that flared at the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense in Washington D.C. today.
January 13, 2017 NASA's Juno spacecraft to become fastest man-made object as it slingshots around Earth towards Jupiter At 3:21 pm (EDT), NASA'S Mission Juno spacecraft will slingshot around Earth towards Jupiter picking up speed to become the fastest man-made object in history.
January 13, 2017 Could dark streaks in Venus' clouds be signs of alien life? The question of life on Venus, of all places, is intriguing enough that a team of U.S. and Russian scientists working on a proposal for a new mission to the second planet — named Venera-D — are considering including the search for life in its mission goals.
January 12, 2017 Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane wings by 600 days in orbit The U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane has now spent 600 days in Earth orbit on the vessel's latest mission, and is nearing a program record for longest time spent in space.
January 6, 2017 Stunning video shows weather balloon soaring over 14 miles high A weather balloon launched with a GoPro camera on it has filmed jaw-dropping images of the curvature of the Earth and its blue glow.
January 4, 2017 PayPal Galactic to boldly go where no credit card has gone before PayPal, the e-commerce business that allows for online money transfers anywhere in the world, announced the launch of PayPal Galactic on Thursday.
January 3, 2017 SpaceX discovers source of rocket explosion, plans new launch SpaceX plans to resume flights as early as next week after finding the cause of an explosion that destroyed a rocket and satellite on a Florida launch pad in September.
