March 4, 2016 SpaceX rocket misses sea landing after successful satellite launch SpaceX has successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket into orbit with the SES-9 communications satellite. We're awaiting word on an attempted first stage landing. The Falcon 9's second stage is in orbit in a 17-minute coast phase ahead of spacecraft separation. Watch the action live in the window below, courtesy of SpaceX.
March 4, 2016 Astronaut Scott Kelly: I could have spent longer in space Just days after ending his after his epic 340-day stint on the International Space Station NASA astronaut Scott Kelly says that he could have stayed in space longer.
March 4, 2016 NASA finds mountain range the size of Alaska on Pluto Scientists with NASA’s New Horizon spacecraft have discovered a mountain range on Pluto that is a bit larger than the state of Alaska and may be covered with methane-infused snow.
March 4, 2016 Astronaut Scott Kelly was 2 inches taller after his epic year in space NASA astronaut Scott Kelly was about 2 inches taller when he returned to Earth after his epic 340-day stint on the International Space Station earlier this week.
March 4, 2016 Scott Kelly: Year in space paves the way for even longer missions Astronaut Scott Kelly says that his epic year in space will help fuel longer-term space missions, paving the way for NASA’s ambitious plan to send humans to Mars.
March 4, 2016 Astronomers spot galaxy a record 13.4 billion light-years from Earth Astronomers say they have discovered a hot, star-popping galaxy that is far, far away — farther than any previously detected, from a time when the universe was a mere toddler of about 400 million years old.
March 4, 2016 Space shuttle fuel tank set to be displayed at California Science Center ET is coming home.
March 3, 2016 Massive volcanic explosion reshaped Mars Mars got a dramatic facelift billions years ago, thanks to a volcanic eruption so large that it actually caused the Red Planet to tilt by as much as 25 degrees.
March 3, 2016 Asteroid set to whiz past Earth sometime this month Earth is once again expected to have a close encounter with a passing asteroid.
March 3, 2016 Yearlong spacemen embrace fresh, frigid air back on Earth Ah, there's nothing like a blast of fresh, frigid air to welcome you back to the planet after nearly a year cooped up in space.
