December 6, 2015 Liftoff: 1st US shipment in months flying to International Space Station A U.S. shipment of much-needed groceries and other astronaut supplies rocketed toward the International Space Station for the first time in months Sunday, reigniting NASA's commercial delivery service.
December 5, 2015 New Pluto photos show breathtaking views of dwarf planet Get ready to be amazed: NASA today unveiled the best-ever images of Pluto, revealing the dwarf planet's varied and exotic landscape in amazing detail.
December 5, 2015 2018 mission: Mars rover prototype unveiled in 'Mars Yard' testing ground in UK It looks like a giant sandbox — except the sand has a reddish tint and the "toys" on display are very expensive prototypes designed to withstand the rigors of landing on Mars.
December 4, 2015 Japan postpones launch of new rocket it hopes will be cheaper, more efficient Japan has postponed the launch of a new rocket it hopes will be a cheaper and more efficient way of putting satellites into space.
December 4, 2015 Cygnus spacecraft launch suffers second weather delay For the second time, bad weather has forced NASA to delay the eagerly-anticipated launch of an Atlas V rocket and unmanned Cygnus spacecraft.
December 4, 2015 Check out this stunning Cassini image of Saturn's rings and its moon Enceladus In the latest image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, Enceladus can be seen floating above the rings of Saturn. Made up of water ice, the rings are frozen and geologically dead.
December 4, 2015 Virgin Galactic will launch satellites from a Boeing 747 Virgin Galactic has announced an ambitious plan to launch satellites from a Boeing 747.
December 4, 2015 Russian spacewalkers forced to remove videocameras outside space station Two Russian astronauts took a seven and a half hour spacewalk outside of the International Space Station, but were unable to successfully complete their mission: installing cameras that will allow anyone, anywhere to watch the Earth lazily spin against the inky black emptiness of space.
December 3, 2015 Bad weather forces NASA to delay Cygnus spacecraft launch Bad weather forced NASA to delay the launch of an Atlas V rocket and unmanned Cygnus spacecraft on a resupply mission to the International Space Station Thursday.
December 3, 2015 Hubble spots faintest galaxy from early universe Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescope have found what they believe is the faintest object ever seen in the early universe, a galaxy that existed 13.8 billion years ago or about 400 million years after the big bang.
