May 2, 2016 Private Cygnus spacecraft launch Thursday may be visible from US East Coast People in the eastern United States might be able to see a private cargo spacecraft launch toward the International Space Station on Thursday evening.
May 2, 2016 Manned mission to Mars must not ignore human struggles, expert stresses A successful crewed Mars campaign must recognize, and take pains to ameliorate, the psychological and cultural challenges that Red Planet pioneers will face, a prominent space architect says.
May 2, 2016 Blue Origin makes historic reusable rocket landing in epic test flight The private spaceflight company Blue Origin just launched itself into the history books by successfully flying and landing a reusable rocket.
May 2, 2016 Gigantic ice cloud spotted on Saturn moon Titan (Photos) NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected a massive, never-before-seen icy cloud at the south pole of Saturn's huge moon Titan.
May 2, 2016 Virgin Galactic recruits female test pilot Kelly Latimer Kelly Latimer, the first female research test pilot ever to join what is now NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center, has joined Virgin Galactic as the spaceflight company's newest pilot.
May 2, 2016 Search for life: Where should a Europa lander touch down? If humanity ever launches a life-hunting mission to the icy surface of Europa, the probe should probably touch down on the "chaos terrain" of the ocean-harboring Jupiter moon, a new study suggests.
May 2, 2016 Putting astronauts on Mars: NASA lays out three-phase plan The path to Mars goes through the moon — or the region of space near the moon, anyway.
May 2, 2016 World View's balloon-based space tourism to lift off in 2017 A new type of space tourism is set to lift off two years from now, without the aid of a rocket.
May 2, 2016 Welcome to the dark side: Comet's hidden face emerges For a long five and a half years, Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko's southern side has been shrouded by darkness.
May 2, 2016 ‘The Martian’ director Ridley Scott explains his Mars fascination The sci-fi adventure “The Martian” has landed in theaters starring Matt Damon as an astronaut forced to find ways of surviving on Mars solo after being left behind by his crew. The film is based on the popular book by Andy Weir and provides many science based explanations of how he could live on the red planet.
