Spaceflight - Page 158

April 28, 2016

SpaceX will launch private Mars missions as soon as 2018

The commercial spaceflight company SpaceX announced on Twitter today that it plans to send its robotic Dragon capsule to Mars as early as 2018.

April 28, 2016

Supersharp Mars photos show UK's long-lost Beagle 2 lander

New supersharp photos of Mars show Europe's long-lost Beagle 2 lander, ancient Red Planet lake beds and snaking rover tracks in unprecedented detail.

April 28, 2016

New Horizons encore? Pluto Probe's team proposes extension

The public should know soon if NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will get to perform a second epic flyby in the dark depths of the outer solar system. 

April 28, 2016

British astronaut Tim Peake sets off-world record running marathon in Space

Tim Peake of the European Space Agency completed the 2016 London Marathon on Sunday, running the 26.2 miles while circling the Earth about two and half times at an altitude of 250 miles high.

April 28, 2016

'BEAM' aboard: Experimental inflatable room attached to Space Station

The International Space Station gained a brand new room on Saturday, but it will be another month before it grows large enough for the astronauts to enter.

April 28, 2016

Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos turned down a $200 million trip around the Moon

Russia offered to fly Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos beyond the moon for a mere $200 million, but the billionaire entrepreneur said no.

April 28, 2016

SpaceX's Dragon is launching a huge science haul to Space Station

SpaceX will attempt to launch a Dragon cargo spacecraft, carrying a bundle of awesome science experiments, toward the International Space Station.

April 28, 2016

Saturn is absolutely gorgeous in this photo from NASA's Cassini probe

Saturn, the jewel of our solar system, reigns supreme in this spectacular new photo from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which also captured the planet's stunning rings and the tiny moon Dione.

April 28, 2016

At Venus, a Japanese spacecraft is almost ready for big science

A Japanese spacecraft's long-awaited Venus campaign is finally about to begin.

April 28, 2016

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches and lands private rocket for third time

Billionaire Jeff Bezos' private spaceflight company Blue Origin launched a prototype reusable rocket into space and then landed it back on Earth Saturday in an epic third successful test flight in less than five months.