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27 May 2012, 09:41 AM ET
From complete coverage of SpaceX historic flight to your favorite photos of the solar eclipse, it's been a busy week in space.
27 May 2012, 07:36 AM ET
See amazing images of the annular solar eclipse, the SpaceX capsule landing on the ISS and more in the best photos for the week of May 27, 2012.
27 May 2012, 07:00 AM ET
The quarter moon slips by planet Mars in the Memorial Day night sky on Monday.
27 May 2012, 07:00 AM ET
The spaceflyers will spend the long weekend unpacking SpaceX's visiting Dragon capsule.
26 May 2012, 02:13 PM ET
Astronaut Don Pettit says SpaceX's Dragon is a major milestone for space travel.
26 May 2012, 06:31 AM ET
The hatches between SpaceX's Dragon and the space station are now open.
25 May 2012, 05:13 PM ET
The two countries were vying for the right to host the Square Kilometer Array radio telescope.
25 May 2012, 03:32 PM ET
Dragon's success shows that commercial vehicles have the right stuff.
25 May 2012, 03:05 PM ET
The Flaming Star Nebula blazes about 1,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Auriga.
25 May 2012, 01:37 PM ET
Accolades are pouring in to laud SpaceX's Dragon capsule success at the space station.
25 May 2012, 12:54 PM ET
Witness a time-lapse of the bolts being fastened. Dragon is now part of the International Space Station. NASA's mission control made the call at 12:02pm EST on May 25th, 2012.
25 May 2012, 10:38 AM ET
A Namibia park is home to some of the darkest skies ever measured.
25 May 2012, 10:36 AM ET
See images of the historic first docking of a private spacecraft with the International Space Station
25 May 2012, 10:01 AM ET
Space Station's Canadarm2 grabbed a hold of the Dragon capsule at 9:56am EST on May 25th, 2012, slowly bringing it to berth. SpaceX engineers had to improvise after LIDAR range detection gear saw a false marker on the ISS.
25 May 2012, 08:34 AM ET
It's the first time astronauts have ever captured a commercial spacecraft in orbit.
25 May 2012, 06:05 AM ET
The new sci-fi film "Men in Black 3" uses an iconic NASA space mission as a major plot point.
25 May 2012, 05:32 AM ET
Aliens advanced enough to visit Earth probably wouldn't need anything from us, Jill Tarter says.
25 May 2012, 05:17 AM ET
The unmanned commercial spacecraft Dragon from SpaceX will pull up to the station at 11 am ET.
25 May 2012, 05:01 AM ET
Contest offers a view of the Earth nobody else has.
25 May 2012, 05:00 AM ET
NASA asked for help in reformulating its Mars exploration strategy. Boy did it get it.
25 May 2012, 04:21 AM ET
Tune in as SpaceX's Dragon space capsule zips by the International Space Station Thursday at 3:47 a.m. ET.
24 May 2012, 06:46 PM ET
Now may be one of the last times to see SpaceX's Dragon space capsule on its 1st station flight.
24 May 2012, 05:24 PM ET
SpaceX's Dragon is cleared to attempt to dock at the space station early tomorrow.
24 May 2012, 05:21 PM ET
Former astronaut Scott Carpenter stepped aboard the Intrepid aircraft carrier to mark the 50th anniversary of his Mercury spacecraft mission.
24 May 2012, 04:23 PM ET
SpaceX and Tesla occasionally share test facilities, but the cooperation goes deeper than that.
