August 5, 2016 Apollo 11 bag used for lunar samples focus of legal dispute A bag carried to the moon aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft and used for the first sample of lunar material is at the center a legal fight after the government mistakenly sold it during the criminal case against the former director of the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center.
July 29, 2016 Space radiation took a toll on Apollo astronauts, study says The rarified group of men who blasted off from Earth on the Apollo missions have suffered from much higher rates of death by cardiovascular disease than not only other astronauts, but a slice of the U.S. population as a whole, a new study finds.
July 27, 2016 Goodbye Philae: Scientists end comms link with comet probe Rest in peace, Philae. Scientists shut down the communications system between the Rosetta spacecraft and the Philae probe on Wednesday.
July 20, 2016 Showing off? SpaceX says it wants to land three rockets at the same time Not content with bringing one rocket safely back to Earth at a time, SpaceX says that with its powerful new Falcon Heavy rocket it'll need to land three at the same time. In preparation, it's now seeking permission to build new landing pads at Cape Canaveral.
July 19, 2016 Stunning spaceship concept designs Mark Rademaker’s incredible spaceship concept designs provide a fascinating glimpse into what future space travel could look like. The designer told FoxNews.com that his IXS Enterprise concept was inspired by a 1960s sketch for “Star Trek’s” famous Enterprise spaceship that was rejected.
July 18, 2016 Twitter lights up with 95th birthday wishes for John Glenn Pioneering astronaut John Glen is being showered with birthday recognition by people on social media, NASA and residents in his home state of Ohio.
July 18, 2016 No. 5! SpaceX lands another rocket during Space Station cargo launch SpaceX pulled off its fifth rocket landing in the last seven months early Monday morning, this time bringing a booster back during a successful cargo launch toward the International Space Station (ISS).
July 13, 2016 What would it be like to play 'Pokémon Go' in space? As people wandered our office halls, hunting tiny monsters with the newly released augmented-reality game "Pokémon Go," Space.com had only one question: Can astronauts play it in space?
July 5, 2016 NASA's Juno spacecraft enters Jupiter's orbit A NASA spacecraft is zooming toward Jupiter for the closest encounter with the biggest planet in our solar system.
July 1, 2016 Juno set to arrive at Jupiter on Fourth of July, a patriotic coincidence Juno blasted off nearly five years ago, in August of 2011. And when it arrives at Jupiter on July 4th, it will be traveling insanely fast.
