Private Spaceflight Archive
30 April 2013, 06:56 PM ET
The Long March rocket's primary payload was a high-resolution Chinese Earth-observation satellite.
30 April 2013, 02:19 PM ET
That's about $8 million more than the previous going rate.
30 April 2013, 07:24 AM ET
Virgin Galactic's first SpaceShipTwo customers could be flying by the end of the year.
26 April 2013, 01:50 PM ET
The small satellite is called HiakaSat.
26 April 2013, 09:59 AM ET
A Russian Progress cargo capsule successfully delivered more than 3 tons of supplies to the International Space Station today (April 26).
25 April 2013, 05:03 PM ET
The tank will be displayed at the Wings of Dreams Aviation Museum in Florida.
25 April 2013, 10:15 AM ET
The full moon of April coincides with the first lunar eclipse of the year on April 25.
24 April 2013, 07:00 AM ET
The celestial action begins tonight, when the moon sidles up to the star Spica.
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.
18 April 2013, 02:05 PM ET
Scientists have discovered three super-Earths circling two different stars more than 1,000 light-years away.
17 April 2013, 01:34 PM ET
The famed cosmologist discussed the origin of the universe during a lecture at Caltech Tuesday night.
16 April 2013, 11:09 AM ET
Antares finally gets to show its stuff.
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.
05 April 2013, 10:14 AM ET
Space weapons may have been conceived in the realm of science fiction, but they have since crept closer toward science fact. President Barack Obama has proposed a ban on space weapons in the United States, but other countries are taking active roles in ta
03 April 2013, 05:36 PM ET
The potential dark matter find announced today wouldn't have been possible without the International Space Station.
03 April 2013, 04:57 PM ET
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has high praise for the first results from the space station's Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
03 April 2013, 11:00 AM ET
A space station particle detector has found hints of elusive dark matter in cosmic radiation.
03 April 2013, 07:26 AM ET
New supercomputer simulations show how spiral galaxies like the Milky Way get, and keep, their skinny, star-studded arms.
02 April 2013, 10:34 AM ET
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield snapped a photo when a Soyuz capsule rocketed to the space station last week.
25 March 2013, 07:02 AM ET
If Comet ISON wants to be the 'comet of the century' this year, it better start getting brighter soon.
22 March 2013, 07:35 PM ET
The engines will be cleaned up and put on public display.
22 March 2013, 04:37 PM ET
The telltale Chicxulub crater might have been carved by a smaller object than thought.
21 March 2013, 04:10 PM ET
The newest Landsat satellite has opened its eyes.
