Air And Space - Page 602

May 2, 2016

Replica on the runway: Mock orbiter on real space shuttle strip

Almost five years after NASA's last space shuttle landed in Florida, an orbiter returned to the runway at the Kennedy Space Center.

April 29, 2016

Solar Impulse 2 set to resume epic solar-powered journey around the world

Solar Impulse 2 will resume its record-breaking solar-powered journey around the world Thursday when it takes off from Hawaii on a 62-hour flight to California.

April 29, 2016

NASA reveals gold-coated space mirror

NASA has released images of the giant mirror that will allow the James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble’s successor, to look into the cosmos and see galaxies that are over 13.5 billion years old.

April 29, 2016

Zap! This awesome laser-armed telescope is fully operational

Move over Death Star, there's a new laser-toting installation in town, and this one will give astronomers a better view of galaxies far, far away.

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

Hubble telescope captures sharpest image yet of mysterious red rectangle

A striking new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope delivers a deep look into a mysterious cosmic object called the Red Rectangle Nebula.

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.