October 21, 2015 Five NASA Earth-science missions blasting off in 2014 The launch of a precipitation-measuring satellite next month kicks off a busy year for NASA's Earth-observation program.
October 21, 2015 Astronauts make rare Christmas Eve spacewalk Two space station astronauts popped in a new pump during a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk Tuesday, eager to wrap up urgent repairs to a cooling system.
October 21, 2015 Former Apollo 8 astronaut marks anniversary of 1968 Christmas Eve broadcast to Earth Millions tuned in on Dec. 24, 1968, when Commander Frank Borman, Bill Anders and James Lovell took turns reading from the Book of Genesis as the Apollo 8 orbited the moon.
October 21, 2015 Snorkels in space: NASA's 'MacGyver' solution to protect spacewalking astronauts After a spacewalking astronaut nearly drowned in his helmet in July, NASA has a plan to protect its crew when they venture into the vacuum of space this weekend: snorkels and towels.
October 21, 2015 NASA orders urgent spacewalks to fix space station NASA has ordered up a series of urgent spacewalks to fix a broken cooling line at the International Space Station.
October 21, 2015 Rest in pieces: Comet ISON officially dead, Sun chief suspect Comet ISON, once optimistically called the comet of the century, is dead, the victim of a way-too-close brush with the sun. It was barely a year old.
October 21, 2015 Why is China targeting the moon -- and should NASA as well? Americans from Buzz Aldrin to president Barack Obama say it’s a waste of time to put men back on the moon -- so why are foreign countries like China so eager to take that one small step?
October 21, 2015 NASA's newest Mars flyer will explore atmosphere NASA hopes its newest Mars spacecraft lives up to its know-it-all name.
October 21, 2015 Russian fireball shows meteor risk may be bigger than once thought Scientists studying the terrifying meteor that exploded without warning over a Russian city last winter say the threat of space rocks smashing into Earth is bigger than they thought.
October 21, 2015 Earth 2? Scientists study rocky, Earth-sized planet 700 light years away A planet with a similar mass and size to our own planet Earth, likely similarly composed of rocks and iron, has been spotted orbiting a star some 700 light years away, in the constellation Cygnus, scientists announced Wednesday. But don’t expect to find you 2.0 living there.
