October 20, 2015 SpaceX's dragon capsule 2.0 looks like 'alien spaceship,' Elon Musk says The next version of the Dragon spacecraft built by the private spaceflight company SpaceX will look like something truly out of this world, according to Elon Musk, the company's billionaire founder and CEO.
October 20, 2015 NASA discovers third radiation belt around Earth A ring of radiation previously unknown to science fleetingly surrounded Earth last year before being virtually annihilated by a powerful interplanetary shock wave, scientists say.
October 20, 2015 SpaceX Dragon capsule to miss berthing date at space station after thruster issue A commercial vessel carrying a ton of supplies for the International Space Station ran into thruster trouble shortly after liftoff Friday and will miss its docking date, despite a day spent scrambling by flight controllers to fix the problem.
October 20, 2015 Scientists plan mission to smash into an asteroid A mission that a.m. to slam a spacecraft into a near-Earth asteroid now officially has a target — a space rock called Didymos.
October 20, 2015 You can name Pluto's moons of the Underworld Pluto may have been demoted, but its family is getting bigger and bigger. Now, two of the dwarf planet’s tiniest moons need names — and that honor has fallen to you.
October 20, 2015 Rocket with 3 astronauts takes off for ISS A Soyuz spacecraft carry three astronauts has taken off atop a towering Russian rocket, headed for the International Space Station.
October 20, 2015 Another giant step? Last man on moon calls for return If NASA wants to get to Mars, the fastest way to get there is by returning to the moon -- according to the final man to walk on the lunar surface.
October 20, 2015 Fright night flyby: Skyscraper-sized asteroid will pass Earth on Halloween A skyscraper-sized asteroid will fly by Earth on Halloween, according to scientists, who say that the object was only discovered 10 days ago.
October 20, 2015 Romney or Obama? Election result won't affect NASA The outcome of the 2012 presidential election is unlikely to have a profound impact on the future direction of American spaceflight and exploration, experts say.
October 20, 2015 Curiosity rover detects bright object on surface of Mars NASA officials say the Curiosity rover has made its first scoop of the surface of planet Mars and has detected a bright object on the ground.
