Spaceflight Archive
02 March 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Exploring the final frontier has always been a tough proposition.
01 March 2013, 05:10 PM ET
A thruster problem on SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft has delayed the spacecraft's arrival at the space station by at least a day.
01 March 2013, 04:50 PM ET
The issue with Dragon's thrusters imperiled its mission to the space station.
01 March 2013, 02:20 PM ET
The proposed spacecraft could hop from one piece of junk to the next without burning much fuel.
01 March 2013, 10:30 AM ET
A thruster issue just after launch is stalling SpaceX's Dragon capsule flight to the International Space Station.
01 March 2013, 09:08 AM ET
A model of a rocket capable of interplanetary exploration.
01 March 2013, 07:00 AM ET
The X-15 test program offers lessons for the emerging suborbital spaceflight industry.
01 March 2013, 06:53 AM ET
Both NASA and SpaceX will provide live launch coverage during the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule launch today (March 1).
01 March 2013, 02:20 AM ET
A private, unmanned spacecraft is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station today.
01 March 2013, 12:05 AM ET
CubeSats could someday be used for cheap, high-risk missions.
28 February 2013, 10:46 PM ET
This space wallpaper shows a deep-field image of what is known as a supercluster of galaxies — a giant group of galaxy clusters which are themselves clustered together.
28 February 2013, 06:42 PM ET
A comet proposed to have crashed into North America almost 13,000 years ago didn't do so, according to new research.
28 February 2013, 06:05 PM ET
Made of interplanetary dust, the Zodiacal Light is a faint haze in the night sky.
28 February 2013, 02:36 PM ET
Already tested as a cargo carrier, the Dragon spacecraft can also be fitted out to shuttle passengers to low orbit and to the International Space Station.
28 February 2013, 09:17 AM ET
While studying the gas and dust around young star HD 100546 (using Europe's Very Large Telescope - VLT), researchers were surprised to see what they believe is a Jupiter-like world in the process of being formed.
28 February 2013, 09:01 AM ET
Research pilot John Manke pictured with the M2-F3 lifting body.
28 February 2013, 07:00 AM ET
A nonprofit group and two asteroid-mining companies are joining in.
28 February 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Commercial vehicles will have to be much safer than the space shuttle, experts say.
28 February 2013, 07:00 AM ET
The Inspiration Mars Foundation is hoping to recruit a married couple for its 2018 manned Mars flyby mission.
27 February 2013, 06:43 PM ET
NASA programs are still focused on sending astronauts to Mars.
27 February 2013, 05:59 PM ET
In the last year, private companies have unveiled asteroid mining projects, space rock sentinels and more.
27 February 2013, 03:29 PM ET
This space wallpaper shows an artist’s impression of the surface of the distant dwarf planet Makemake.
27 February 2013, 03:15 PM ET
The blizzard set records in several areas.
27 February 2013, 01:48 PM ET
Space tourist Dennis Tito's daring proposal to send a married couple on a 501-day space flight around the planet Mars and back.
27 February 2013, 01:05 PM ET
The discovery could help astronomers better understand how these behemoths grow.
