Spaceflight Archive
17 April 2013, 11:22 AM ET
The European Space Agency took to the streets in Cologne, Germany to ask the public if they know the flight duration from Earth to the Red Planet.
17 April 2013, 06:44 AM ET
The Antares test flight shows the industry is coming of age, supporters say.
17 April 2013, 06:00 AM ET
A new photo released by ESO shows fertile galaxies in a new light.
17 April 2013, 06:00 AM ET
Funding levels are basically unchanged from 2013, though several programs got the axe.
17 April 2013, 12:36 AM ET
The dark hot spot in this false-color space wallpaper from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is a window deep into Jupiter's atmosphere. All around it are layers of higher clouds, with colors indicating which layer of the atmosphere the clouds are in.
16 April 2013, 05:50 PM ET
Orbital Sciences cleared the Antares rocket to launch on its maiden flight Wednesday (April 17) from Wallops Island, Va.
16 April 2013, 05:15 PM ET
Lori Garver will host an "Ask Me Anything" session at 2 p.m. EST.
16 April 2013, 03:33 PM ET
On December 25th, 2010, an unusually long gamma ray reached Earth from 7 billion light years away. New research suggests that it may have been a dying star >100x larger, and at least 25x more massive, than our Sun.
16 April 2013, 02:26 PM ET
High-res sensors of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) are making improved maps of early dust-gathering galaxies that formed the first stars. Video: Red blobs of earlier surveys now resolve into tack-sharp areas 200x smaller.
16 April 2013, 12:50 PM ET
New findings from a NASA moon probe could lead to safer, more efficient spacecraft.
16 April 2013, 12:09 PM ET
The second full trailer for STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS still hides the villain's full identity, but reveals more about the story.
16 April 2013, 11:09 AM ET
Antares finally gets to show its stuff.
16 April 2013, 08:00 AM ET
The Vertol VZ-2 (Model 76) had over a year of research before going back to the manufacturer.
16 April 2013, 06:30 AM ET
Experiments done in microgravity are revealing new insights about cell behavior.
15 April 2013, 06:00 PM ET
Scientists have conducted a postmortem on the last supernova ever seen by the naked eye in our galaxy.
15 April 2013, 02:51 PM ET
Physicists have a new place to zero in the search for dark matter.
15 April 2013, 01:34 PM ET
A new science fiction film explores a cosmic class struggle in the future.
15 April 2013, 01:32 PM ET
The new film starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster is based in the year 2154, where Earth is in tatters and a space station, called Elysium, is the home of the privileged. In theaters August 9, 2013.
15 April 2013, 12:57 PM ET
Despite dangers, plenty of people want to fly by Mars.
15 April 2013, 10:51 AM ET
Curiosity has been busy since landing on the Red Planet last August.
15 April 2013, 10:39 AM ET
ISS commander Chris Hadfield shows how astronauts catch their Z's in Space.
15 April 2013, 09:45 AM ET
Physicists remain uncertain whether the Higgs boson they've discovered behaves as expected.
15 April 2013, 05:11 AM ET
Orbital Sciences will launch its first private Antares rocket test from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wednesday, April 17.
14 April 2013, 12:40 PM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
13 April 2013, 09:19 PM ET
See rocket launch photos from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
