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October 21, 2015

Orbital Sciences pieces together timeline of Antares rocket explosion

Private spaceflight company Orbital Sciences Corp. is starting to piece together the timeline of events leading up to the explosion of its Antares rocket just after liftoff on Tuesday evening (Oct. 28).

October 21, 2015

Secretive X-37B military space plane could land in California Tuesday

The U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane will return to Earth this week —possibly as early as Tuesday — after 22 months in orbit on a secret mission.

October 21, 2015

Water on the Moon came from solar wind

Water trapped in rocks on the moon's surface probably originated mostly from streams of energetic particles blasted from the sun and not from cosmic impacts from comets, researchers say.

October 21, 2015

How NASA crews could sleep for 6 months on the journey to Mars

Existing medical techniques are laying the foundations for an ambitious research project to send astronauts into a deep sleep on a six-month journey to Mars, according to the engineer leading the study.

October 21, 2015

Mars rover Curiosity drills 1st hole into huge Martian mountain

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has taken its first bite out of the giant mountain that it crossed interplanetary space to explore.

October 21, 2015

'Venus Zone' could aid search for Earth-like alien worlds

Exoplanet hunters have just made it easier to identify alien Venuses, in the hopes that doing so will lead to the discovery of more alien Earths.

October 21, 2015

Scientists say worst of strong solar storm will likely miss Earth

A strong solar flare is blasting its way to Earth, but the worst of its power looks like it will barely skim above the planet and not cause many problems.

October 21, 2015

Harvest Moon will shine brightly Monday night

When you look up at the sky tonight, you will likely catch the full Harvest Moon. At 9:38 p.m. EST, the final of the three back-to-back “supermoons” will light up the sky for the Northern Hemisphere.

October 21, 2015

Martian mystery: What is odd cell-like structure in Mars meteorite?

Scientists have found a strange structure resembling a microbial cell inside a Martian meteorite, but they're not claiming that it's evidence of Red Planet life.

October 21, 2015

The right (mental) stuff: NASA astronaut psychology revealed

WASHINGTON — So, you want to be an astronaut.