May 13, 2016 Three million photos and counting: Space station crew takes milestone snapshots To suggest that the astronauts aboard the International Space Station have been "snap happy" would be an understatement of astronomical proportions.
May 13, 2016 Mystery Mission: Air Force's X-37B space plane nears 1 year in orbit The U.S. military's uncrewed X-37B space plane is nearing one year in orbit on its latest secret mission.
May 11, 2016 SpaceX Dragon returns to Earth with precious science load A SpaceX capsule returned to Earth on Wednesday with precious science samples from NASA's one-year space station resident.
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.
