May 10, 2016 Elon Musk wants his SpaceX astronauts to be suited up Marvel-style SpaceX's Elon Musk inspired Iron Man. Now Musk wants Marvel to create "stylish" and "heroic" suits for SpaceX astronauts. Reality following fiction following reality. SpaceX astronauts are due at the International Space Station in 2017.
May 9, 2016 Lockheed Martin makes major STEM push to inspire young space innovators Lockheed Martin wants to inspire the next generation of American space innovators with a major Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) education project.
May 9, 2016 Lunar shelter: Moon caves could protect astronauts Moon caves could provide shelter for astronauts exploring Earth's nearest neighbor, researchers say.
May 6, 2016 SpaceX successfully lands rocket on ocean platform for second time SpaceX has done it again. For the second month in a row, the aerospace company landed a rocket on an ocean platform, this time following the launch of a Japanese communications satellite.
May 3, 2016 NASA taps hoverboard company Arx Pax to build space ‘tractor beam’ The company that made Marty McFly’s hoverboard a reality is reaching for the stars, or more precisely, satellites.
May 2, 2016 Space fuel: Plutonium-238 created after 30-Year wait Scientists have produced a powder of plutonium-238 for the first time in nearly 30 years in the United States, a milestone that they say sets the country on a path toward powering NASA's deep-space exploration and other missions
May 2, 2016 Pluto, Mars water and more! The biggest space stories of 2015 The year that was 2015 swept in a significant amount of space and astronomy science.
May 2, 2016 Liftoff! New Space Station crew launch includes a first for the UK Two experienced fliers and a space newbie — the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station — launched spaceward on a Russian rocket Tuesday.
May 2, 2016 SpaceX, ULA transforming historic launchpads for commercial crew flights They were the sites where men left for the moon and space shuttles launched into orbit, where rovers departed for Mars and probes took off to the outer planets.
May 2, 2016 SpaceX may try land-based rocket landing this month, NASA official says CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX may try to make history with its next launch later this month, returning its rocket to a landing pad rather than an ocean-based platform, a NASA official said today (Dec.