October 20, 2015 Balloon pilots return to New Mexico after historic flight, receive emotional hero's welcome Two pilots who completed a record-breaking flight across the Pacific Ocean in a helium-filled balloon returned to New Mexico on Sunday to the sounds of mariachi music and an enthusiastic and emotional welcome.
October 20, 2015 Navy returns NASA's Orion after test flight NASA's new Orion spacecraft returned to dry land in Southern California after a test flight that ended with a plunge into the Pacific Ocean.
October 20, 2015 NASA gets new countdown clock just in time for Orion's launch debut; test flight Thursday NASA has a new state-of-the-art space capsule on the launch pad and a new high-tech countdown clock to go with it.
October 20, 2015 90,000 messages will be beamed to Mars Friday Radio telescopes will beam tens of thousands of messages to Mars this Friday (Nov.
October 20, 2015 Satellite photo shows frigid arctic air over eastern US A new satellite photo shows the eastern United States locked in a cold front's icy grip.
October 20, 2015 Megasunspot's solar outbursts surprise scientists A humongous sunspot — the biggest one seen since 1990 — produced no aurora-causing events despite firing off 10 intense solar flares in less than two weeks last month, scientists say.
October 20, 2015 Student science projects destroyed in unmanned rocket explosion Students at the Urban Promise Academy in Oakland, California, were among the teams who lost long-planned experiments -- in their case, testing red worms to turn garbage into compost in space.
October 20, 2015 Partial solar eclipse to darken US skies this week Mark Thursday (Oct. 23) on your calendar as "Solar Eclipse Day," for if the weather cooperates, you should have no difficulty observing a partial eclipse of the sun.
October 20, 2015 Galactic 'mega city' shows mysterious spots of star formation A new photo of a huge galactic "mega city" under construction in the early universe shows star formation happening in unexpected places, scientists have found.
October 20, 2015 NASA eyes crew deep sleep option for Mars mission A NASA-backed study explores an innovative way to dramatically cut the cost of a human expedition to Mars -- put the crew in stasis.
