Private Spaceflight Archive
12 June 2012, 08:00 AM ET
Resting on the dry lake bed at Dryden Flight Research Center, the M2-F1 is surrounded by the pilots who flew her.
09 June 2012, 07:00 AM ET
Plane greets crescent moon in a surprise in this night sky photo by photographer Vegastar Carpentier.
08 June 2012, 11:32 AM ET
Stars and black holes that might have been the universe's first objects have been spotted by the Spitzer telescope.
08 June 2012, 11:11 AM ET
XCOR Aerospace's Lynx will take off from runways in California and the island of Curacao.
07 June 2012, 06:59 AM ET
The veil nebula is one of the largest and most spectacular supernova remnants in the sky.
06 June 2012, 11:03 AM ET
On June 5-6 2012, SDO collected images of one of the rarest predictable solar events: the transit of Venus across the face of the sun in this cool space wallpaper.
01 June 2012, 02:58 PM ET
NASA astronaut Don Pettit will capture photos of the Venus transit from the space station's windows.
31 May 2012, 12:47 PM ET
The Dragon capsule will likely make a real supply run to the space station this September.
31 May 2012, 12:21 AM ET
NASA TV will air Dragon's departure and re-entry to Earth's atmosphere.
30 May 2012, 03:28 PM ET
The NuSTAR mission will study how black holes form and grow.
30 May 2012, 07:00 AM ET
In June 2012, skywatchers can see the event of the next 105-1/2 years, a transit of Venus, plus other notable skywatching occurrences.
28 May 2012, 07:00 AM ET
Falcons, Dragons and Merlins aren't just fantasy creatures; they're spaceflight fact.
25 May 2012, 08:34 AM ET
It's the first time astronauts have ever captured a commercial spacecraft in orbit.
25 May 2012, 08:00 AM ET
Seamstresses work tirelessly to create a replacement sun-shade for the Skylab Orbital Workshop.
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.
24 May 2012, 02:37 PM ET
"Men in Black 3" reunites director Barry Sonnenfeld with his beloved science fiction franchise.
22 May 2012, 08:08 AM ET
The ashes of James Doohan launched on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket today.
22 May 2012, 07:17 AM ET
Private spaceflight got a boost today when SpaceX's Dragon launched successfully.
16 May 2012, 01:05 PM ET
From Enceladus and Titan to Europa and Mars, here are the likeliest spots to find extraterrestrials.
16 May 2012, 01:00 PM ET
Superflares could pack the punch of 10,000 solar flares.
16 May 2012, 06:00 AM ET
An upcoming rocket launch could be a watershed moment for private spaceflight.
15 May 2012, 11:00 AM ET
Here's how SpaceX will send a robotic cargo freighter to the International Space Station.
11 May 2012, 12:00 PM ET
The Juno spacecraft was beyond the orbit of Mars when it took the picture.
11 May 2012, 10:44 AM ET
The solar flares are coming from a sunspot far bigger than the Earth.
09 May 2012, 07:45 PM ET
ATK aims to use its Liberty system to carry passengers to destinations in low-Earth orbit.
