October 21, 2015 SpaceX to build private spaceport in Texas Start-up rocket-maker Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has unveiled plans to build a commercial spaceport in Texas.
October 21, 2015 NASA eyes robotic space gas stations for satellites NASA wants to create a robotic gas station in space.
October 21, 2015 Apollo 11 patch flown on 1st moon landing to launch with astronauts to Mars When American astronauts make the next "giant leap" by launching to Mars, they will bring with them a memento from the first moon landing 45 years ago.
October 21, 2015 Ideas wanted for NASA mission to Jupiter's icy moon Europa Under its icy crust, Jupiter's moon Europa could harbor a vast ocean of potentially life-supporting liquid water, and NASA has issued a call for proposals for science instruments for mission that aims to study the mysterious moon like never before.
October 21, 2015 Greetings from Earth! NASA spacecraft to carry message for aliens A NASA probe that's expected to leave the solar system after it finishes its mission at Pluto and beyond will carry a message intended for any alien life-form that comes across it in the far future.
October 21, 2015 SpaceX pushes commercial satellite launch to next month SpaceX has delayed its next launch again, this time to early July.
October 21, 2015 December test flight huge for NASA's next manned spacecraft The first flight test of NASA's new manned spacecraft may be six months away, but agency engineers are already looking forward to what they will learn from the trial.
October 21, 2015 Hubble telescope to hunt for Pluto-bound NASA probe's next target A NASA spacecraft's historic flyby of Pluto is more than a year away, but researchers are already thinking about where the probe will go next.
October 21, 2015 Mark Kelly, Scott Kelly offer up selves for space science; 1 leaves Earth for year, other stays for study It's part of an unprecedented study of identical twins, courtesy of the Kellys and NASA. Researchers hope to better understand the effects of prolonged weightlessness by comparing the space twin with the ground twin.
October 21, 2015 Spacecraft-riding microbes could colonize Mars, research suggests Microorganisms from Earth could hitch a ride on spacecraft and end up colonizing the Red Planet and other celestial bodies in the solar system, recent research suggests.