Human Spaceflight Archive
01 March 2013, 06:02 AM ET
SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, regularly delivers payloads to the International Space Station.
28 February 2013, 11:16 PM ET
Rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars is launching an album to space for a NASA astronaut.
28 February 2013, 03:18 PM ET
China will send three astronauts to space this summer on a docking mission to its orbiting lab, according to news reports.
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, 01:14 PM ET
See photos of SpaceX's second Dragon space capsule to haul cargo to the International Space Station in March 2013.
28 February 2013, 12:50 PM ET
The latest eruption at Italy's Mount Etna seen from space.
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
Commercial vehicles will have to be much safer than the space shuttle, experts say.
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, 01:01 PM ET
A new nonprofit hopes to launch a man and a woman on a Mars flyby mission.
27 February 2013, 01:01 PM ET
See images and photos of an audacious private manned Mars mission in 2018 by the nonprofit Inspiration Mars Foundation.
27 February 2013, 09:16 AM ET
The rig is prepared for encapsulation in its payload fairing.
27 February 2013, 06:42 AM ET
Space tourist Dennis Tito will announce a Mars mission to launch in 2018.
26 February 2013, 04:51 PM ET
NASA is facing a looming $900 million budget hit if Congress fails to act by March 1.
26 February 2013, 03:36 PM ET
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center is one small step closer to being named after the first man on the moon.
26 February 2013, 12:00 PM ET
Europe aims to collaborate with China on its plans to build a space station by 2020.
26 February 2013, 09:05 AM ET
This rig was developed to train astronauts in how to gain control of a spacecraft moving in multiple directions at the same time.
26 February 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Two Canadian adventure-tour companies will add space to their list of destinations.
25 February 2013, 05:15 PM ET
The miniature Buzz Aldrin was painstakingly crafted by British sculptor Willard Wigan.
25 February 2013, 08:57 AM ET
An astronaut gives a military salute while standing next to the U.S. flag.
24 February 2013, 07:59 AM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
24 February 2013, 04:47 AM ET
Learn the latest news about space tourism and space tourist trips into outer space.
23 February 2013, 07:00 AM ET
From a space chow to a lobster - shaped nebula, don't miss these amazing space pictures.
23 February 2013, 06:55 AM ET
The Antares rocket built by Orbital Sciences Corp., will launch unmanned Cygnus cargo ships to the International Space Station.
