October 20, 2015 SpaceX will try to land rocket on floating ocean platform next week SpaceX will apparently attempt something truly epic during next week's cargo launch to the International Space Station.
October 20, 2015 Most of Earth's water came from asteroids, not comets Asteroids, not comets, may have delivered most of Earth's water to the planet when the solar system was young, new data from a probe orbiting a comet suggests.
October 20, 2015 Private Mars colony project wants help choosing 2018 lander experiments You can help choose one of the science payloads that a Mars colonization effort will launch toward the Red Planet in 2018.
October 20, 2015 'Interstellar' science: Is wormhole travel possible? Sci-fi fans who hope humanity can one day zoom to distant corners of the universe via wormholes, as astronauts do in the recent film "Interstellar," shouldn't hold their breath.
October 20, 2015 Color of Jupiter's great red spot comes from epic sunburn The Great Red Spot on Jupiter's face is secretly dull in color.
October 20, 2015 Results of European comet lander's experiments due Monday A first evaluation of the data that comet lander Philae sent to the European Space Center before its depleted batteries forced it to go silent will be released Monday, the German aeronautics and space research center said.
October 20, 2015 Alien life could thrive on 'supercritical' CO2 instead of water Alien life might flourish on an exotic kind of carbon dioxide, researchers say.
October 20, 2015 NASA eyes revolutionary aircraft wing technology Scientists at NASA are testing a new aircraft wing surface capable of changing shape during flight, which aims to revolutionize aviation fuel efficiency.
October 20, 2015 Private rocket explosion sparks investigation by NASA, Orbital Sciences The explosion of a commercial Antares rocket just seconds after lifting off from Virginia's Eastern Shore Tuesday night has touched off an in-depth investigation into the launch failure by NASA and the rocket's builder, the Orbital Sciences Corporation.
October 20, 2015 Failed NASA launch puts Soviet-era Russian rockets in the spotlight The explosion of an unmanned U.S. rocket to the International Space Station late Tuesday has shone a spotlight on America’s reliance on overseas space hardware, some of which dates back to Soviet era Russia.
