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An artist's illustration of SpaceX's Dragon space capsule in Earth orbit.
14 May 2012, 03:18 PM ET
Private rocket company SpaceX is a leader among the new space push to send humans to orbit on commercial craft.
Astronaut Paolo Nespoli took this image of the moon on March 20, 2011, and wrote, "#Supermoon was spectacular from here!"
04 May 2012, 07:47 AM ET
Scientists say a giant impact knocked off the raw ingredients for the moon off the primitive molten Earth and into orbit. SPACE.com has an overview of Earth’s Moon, including its composition and orbit.
Neil Armstrong's footprint on the moon as the first human to set foot on the lunar surface as a member of the Apollo 11 crew.
24 April 2012, 02:54 PM ET
Images from the early days of NASA and spaceflight.
The Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, stands inside the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. The photograph was taken during mobility testing on June 3, 2011. Workers continue preparing to ship the rov
02 April 2012, 05:05 AM ET
The Mars rover Curiosity, also known as the Mars Science Laboratory, will launch in late 2011 and land on the Red Planet in August 2012.
The shuttle Columbia lifts off on the first space shuttle mission ever, STS-1, on April 12, 1981.
01 April 2012, 12:40 AM ET
NASA's space shuttle fleet has flown in space for 30 years and retires in 2011.
Venus Transit Sun
31 March 2012, 12:42 PM ET
Get the latest news for the rare 2012 Venus transit across the sun on June 6. The next one is in 2117!
French skywatcher Jean-Pierre Brahic took this photo of the violent solar flare from the sunspot 1302 on the sun's surface on Sept. 22, 2011. Earth is superimposed for scale.
06 March 2012, 01:00 AM ET
There may not be a lot of air, but there's still a lot of weather in space. Get the latest news of space weather and solar flares here from SPACE.com.
At SpaceKids on SPACE.com, you'll find big questions and answers about everything from the moon to Mars to our Milky Way.
29 February 2012, 01:19 PM ET
At SpaceKids on SPACE.com, you'll find big questions and answers about everything from the moon to Mars to our Milky Way.
Atmosphere of Alien Super-Earth Revealed for First Time
22 February 2012, 06:43 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.
On April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (left, on the way to the launch pad) made the first human spaceflight, a 108-minute orbital journey in his Vostok 1 spacecraft. Newspapers like The Huntsville Times (right) trumpeted Gagarin's accomplishme
17 February 2012, 07:33 AM ET
It's been 50 years since humanity first launched into space and there's still much more to explore.
China's Tiangong 1 spacecraft and Long March 2F rocket is pictured at the launch site after being transferred from a facility at the Jiuquan Satellite Launching Center.
10 February 2012, 02:42 AM ET
See the latest on China's space program, rocket launches and space missions.
U.S. and Australia Join Forces to Track Space Junk
13 January 2012, 12:10 AM ET
See the latest news about space debris and junk in space.
NASA's twin Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have been on the surface of Mars for more than seven years.
06 January 2012, 10:21 AM ET
Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity are 6-wheeled, remotely operated explorers on the planet Mars.
The Quest for the Lunar GRAIL
29 December 2011, 02:31 PM ET
See the latest news about NASA's Grail moon gravity mission.
American entrepreneur Greg Olsen floats in weightlessness during a zero-gravity training flight for his 2005 space tourist mission to the International Space Station.
28 October 2011, 11:47 AM ET
Learn the latest news about space tourism and space tourist trips into outer space.
Galaxy NGC 4214 is dominated by a huge glowing cloud of hydrogen gas in which new stars are being born. A heart-shaped hollow — possibly galaxy NGC 4214’s most eye-catching feature — can be seen at the centre of this.
18 October 2011, 11:11 AM ET
Stars are giant, luminous spheres of plasma. Galaxies consist of stars, stellar remnants, dust, gas, and dark matter, bound together by gravity. Learn more about stars and galaxies.
This image depicts three hot blobs of matter orbiting a black hole. If placed in our Solar System, this black hole would appear like a dark abyss spread out nearly as wide as Mercury's orbit. And the three blobs (each as large as the Sun) would be as far
17 October 2011, 03:09 PM ET
A black hole is a location in space that possesses so much gravity, nothing can escape its pull, even light.
Image of the Day archives
11 October 2011, 12:14 PM ET
Each day we highlight a spectacular picture from space. See space exploration photos, astronaut pictures and more in our Image of the Day galleries.
Uranus Rings Tilted
07 October 2011, 02:47 PM ET
The planet Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and the third largest planet in the solar system. Uranus is a gas giant with the coldest atmosphere in the solar system.
Juno Spacecraft to Study Jupiter
05 October 2011, 02:53 PM ET
NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno probe will study the gas giant's atmosphere, magnetosphere and gravitational field. Juno will orbit Jupiter for about a year.
This artist's concept shows NASA's giant rocket, the Space Launch System soaring of a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket is NASA's new booster for deep space missions to an asteroid and ultimately Mars.
14 September 2011, 09:35 AM ET
NASA's Space Launch System is a heavy-lift rocket designed to carry astronauts to an asteroid and Mars.
Large 'Planet X' May Lurk Beyond Pluto
02 September 2011, 06:43 AM ET
See the latest news on Nibiru and 2012.
The four astronauts on shuttle Atlantis' final mission, the STS-135 flight, conducted a dress rehearsal for their July liftoff on June 23.
21 July 2011, 06:18 AM ET
See the latest updates on NASA's last shuttle mission in history, the STS-135 flight of Atlantis.
Crews move the primary payload for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission into the Payload Changeout Room on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
22 April 2011, 11:19 AM ET
Space shuttle Endeavour ends its career with the 14-day mission of STS-134.
Dwarf planet Pluto is seen in an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
19 April 2011, 05:29 PM ET
The solar system's runt.
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