May 2, 2016 Step inside Crew Dragon: SpaceX reveals interior of crewed space capsule SpaceX has thrown open the hatch to its Crew Dragon spacecraft, revealing a sleek black and white interior for the capsule it is building to fly astronauts to the International Space Station and other destinations.
May 2, 2016 Space Station crosses Sun's face in spectacular new photo An amazing new photo shows the International Space Station crossing the sun's face.
May 2, 2016 NASA mulling life-hunting mission to Saturn moon Enceladus A decade from now, NASA probes could be on their way to explore two potentially life-supporting alien worlds.
May 2, 2016 US needs a Mars colony, Buzz Aldrin tells senators The United States must do more than just plant a flag on Mars if it wants to continue as a leader in the field of space exploration, Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin told senators this week.
May 2, 2016 Europe's newly tested space plane aims for next launch in 2019 With one reportedly flawless test flight already under its belt, officials are already planning a European space plane for its next test.
May 2, 2016 Private Mars One colony project cuts applicant pool to 100 volunteers One hundred people are still in the running to become humanity's first Mars explorers.
May 2, 2016 The Force is with them: NASA unveils 'Star Wars'-themed astronaut portrait Cue the John Williams score and fire up the Millennium Falcon, because six NASA astronauts are about to blast off to a galaxy far, far away. NASA released the official portrait of the first crew to go on a year-long International Space Station mission, and it looks like the force is with them. The image looks more like a fan-made poster for the upcoming “Star Wars” film than an announcement about the upcoming mission, which could pave the way for future Mars explorations, reports Space.com.
May 2, 2016 SpaceX launches observatory on 3rd try, nixes landing test SpaceX launched an observatory inspired by former Vice President Al Gore toward a solar-storm lookout point a million miles away Wednesday.
May 2, 2016 Smithsonian unveils Armstrong bag with Apollo 11 lunar artifacts It’s been 46 years since Neil Armstrong took “one giant leap for mankind” when he became the first person to set foot on the moon. Now, visitors of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum have the opportunity to get an up-close look at some of the astronaut’s outer space mementos that were meant to be left on the moon.
May 2, 2016 Astronaut sees huge winter storm from space (Photos) The monster winter storm that dumped loads of snow on the northeastern United States on Monday and Tuesday (Jan. 26 and 27) looked pretty beastly from 250 miles above the planet.
