Spaceflight Archive
22 April 2013, 06:11 PM ET
Mars One will do its best to avoid disturbing potential Red Planet life.
22 April 2013, 05:51 PM ET
Hyperion is a potato-shaped moon of Saturn with an erratic rotation and eccentric orbit.
22 April 2013, 05:50 PM ET
The Mars One colony project raises the question of pregnancy on Mars.
22 April 2013, 11:55 AM ET
Chris Hadfield took part in today's (April 22) Earth Day festivities from space.
22 April 2013, 11:44 AM ET
This stunning space wallpaper is based largely on observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) — a sensor aboard the Terra Satellite — on July 11, 2005.
22 April 2013, 01:22 AM ET
Latest discoveries and photos about Earth from space.
21 April 2013, 05:19 PM ET
See photos of Orbital Sciences' first Antares rocket ahead of its April 2013 test flight.
21 April 2013, 05:10 PM ET
Antares' successful launch paves the way for eventual cargo flights to the space station for NASA.
21 April 2013, 05:09 PM ET
The Orbital Sciences rocket launched from NASA Wallops on April 21, 2013.
20 April 2013, 02:01 AM ET
An alien planet orbits a star other than our sun, and is sometimes called an "exoplanet." Learn more about the types of alien planets, including exoplanets and extrasolar planets, and get the latest news.
19 April 2013, 03:37 PM ET
Thank you the reader, for your dedication and support. We're so excited to be an Official Honoree in the 2013 Webbys.
19 April 2013, 03:07 PM ET
Pavel Vinogradov became the oldest person to venture into the vacuum of space.
19 April 2013, 02:54 PM ET
Antares' first attempt on Wednesday was scuttled by a glitch. Liftoff is set for Saturday at 5 p.m. ET.
19 April 2013, 02:03 PM ET
The comet that is set for a Thanksgiving encounter with the Sun, may just give Earth more than spectacular '3rd' row view. In January 2014, the third planet from the Sun will cross through a stream of debris left behind by the comet.
19 April 2013, 01:50 PM ET
Artist Thierry Cohen imagines what the night skies of the world's largest cities could be like sans light pollution.
19 April 2013, 01:02 PM ET
Teams will compete to tackle challenges during the 48-hour event
19 April 2013, 09:26 AM ET
Two Russian cosmonauts began a six-hour spacewalk to upgrade the orbiting lab with new experiments.
19 April 2013, 06:30 AM ET
It's time to get the ball rolling toward studying exoplanet atmospheres.
18 April 2013, 05:43 PM ET
If Kepler-62e and f are covered by global oceans, they may host a variety of aquatic lifeforms.
18 April 2013, 02:05 PM ET
Scientists have discovered three super-Earths circling two different stars more than 1,000 light-years away.
18 April 2013, 11:39 AM ET
Don Yeomans and Elon Musk made Time Magazine's list of the most influential people this year.
18 April 2013, 05:00 AM ET
Sex in space could present some challenges, but that won't stop people from trying.
17 April 2013, 01:34 PM ET
The famed cosmologist discussed the origin of the universe during a lecture at Caltech Tuesday night.
17 April 2013, 01:01 PM ET
An ancient galaxy is churning out stars nearly 20 times as fast as its modern equivalents.
17 April 2013, 11:26 AM ET
Here are five things you might not have known about Antares.
