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25 May 2012, 12:54 PM ET
Witness a time-lapse of the bolts being fastened. Dragon is now part of the International Space Station. NASA's mission control made the call at 12:02pm EST on May 25th, 2012.
25 May 2012, 10:01 AM ET
Space Station's Canadarm2 grabbed a hold of the Dragon capsule at 9:56am EST on May 25th, 2012, slowly bringing it to berth. SpaceX engineers had to improvise after LIDAR range detection gear saw a false marker on the ISS.
24 May 2012, 12:38 PM ET
Researchers have successfully cloaked an object in free space with the help of supercomputers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center.
24 May 2012, 11:25 AM ET
The third installment of the MIB series features time travel, alien invasion and Josh Brolin as a young Agent K. In theaters starting May 25th, 2012.
24 May 2012, 09:34 AM ET
ISS astronauts captured footage of the first ever fly-by of a private spacecraft on approach. Seen about a mile and half away, the Dragon capsule successfully communicated with Station and demonstrated Relative GPS capability – two major milestones.
23 May 2012, 07:44 PM ET
If Dragon passes all of its demonstration tests, The Canadarm2 (Space Station arm) will grapple the capsule and dock it to the Station. This animation shows you how it will be done.
23 May 2012, 01:53 PM ET
By the end of the 19th Century, the relative spacing of the planets was known but the absolute distance between them was not. This scientific mystery spanning centuries was finally solved by accurate measurement of Venus Transits of 1874 and 1882.
23 May 2012, 01:43 PM ET
Offering un-obstructed views of the Sun from horizon to horizon and superb weather, Hawaii was perfect for astronomers to view Venus Transits in 1874 and 1882. Such observations accurately determined the scale of the Solar System for the first time.
23 May 2012, 01:34 PM ET
Sky-watching, navigation and the poetry of the cosmos runs deep in Hawaiian culture. Now Hawaiian elementary school students are diving deeply into astronomy’s the history and future through the Venus Transit.
23 May 2012, 01:07 PM ET
In 1882, scientists determined Earth’s distance from the Sun by measuring the Venus Transit. This process, now applied in NASA orbiting Kepler Mission, discovers new planets by measuring the light-curve of transit across other stars faraway.
23 May 2012, 12:29 PM ET
Hawaii is a metaphor for Earth’s place in the cosmos. Native Hawaiians have long recognized the sky’s spiritual and intellectual value. Hawaii hosted observers of the Venus Transits of 1874 & 1882; and it warmly supports astrophysicists today.
22 May 2012, 07:09 PM ET
SpaceX's employees and Elon Musk celebrate the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket carry the Dragon capsule from their mission control center in California on May 22, 2012.
22 May 2012, 02:01 PM ET
NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) caught Jupiter, Mercury and the Pleiades Star Cluster converging within its camera's field of view.
22 May 2012, 03:56 AM ET
The historic first commercial spacecraft to supply the International Space Station launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on May 22th, 2012. If it passes all on-orbit demonstrations, it will dock with ISS on May 25th.
22 May 2012, 03:32 AM ET
As the Moon came between the Earth and the Sun, causing a rare solar eclipse, International Space Station astronaut Don Pettit captured imagery of the shadow cast on Earth on May 20th, 2012.
21 May 2012, 01:38 PM ET
Many eyes – human and robotic – captured photons from the May 20th 2012 annular eclipse. We've compiled videos from NASA/JAXA (Hinode), ESA, Matt Hartman, Cory Pool and Alek O. Komarnitsky to make this celestial ballet set to music by Mark Petersen.
21 May 2012, 10:21 AM ET
Europe's Proba 2 satellite passed through the moons shadow four times, producing a time-lapse study of partial solar eclipses from above Earth's atmosphere on May 20th 2012.
21 May 2012, 09:49 AM ET
Using filters that only pass light when excited hydrogen atoms change state, pro photographer Cory Poole stacked 700 frames to uncover prominences and other disturbances of the Sun’s chromosphere. Learn how he did it at corypoole.com.
21 May 2012, 08:13 AM ET
The May 20, 2012 partial solar eclipse was captured by Alek O. Komarnitsky (www.komar.org) as it set behind the Rocky Mountains. The 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse was seen in other parts of the United States and the world.
21 May 2012, 07:36 AM ET
Flashes of burning meteor rock as they slammed into Earth's atmosphere were recorded by astronaut Don Petit aboard the International Space Station on April 21, 2012.
19 May 2012, 05:06 AM ET
Computers aboard the Falcon 9 rocket cut off the engines after seeing a high pressure warning on May 19th, 2012. Next launch attempt could occur on Tuesday May 22nd after the problem is investigated.
18 May 2012, 04:15 PM ET
A Mercury-sized planet, about 1500 light years away seems to be smoldering to ash from the heat of its nearby hot orange star. Researchers at MIT and NASA found a long tail of debris, similar to a comet, revolving in sync with the planet's orbit.
18 May 2012, 01:53 PM ET
By meeting obligations necessary to keep the ISS fully supplied, commercial space companies can free up NASA to fulfill its charter, which includes human exploration – and settlement – of the Solar System.
17 May 2012, 04:08 PM ET
Don’t look directly at the Sun! Life’s Little Mysteries’ Natalie Wolchover shows how you can build a simple shoebox "pinhole camera" out of household materials for safe solar viewing. It’s the harmless way to view any solar eclipse.
17 May 2012, 12:43 PM ET
Some supernovas are more violent than others. Studying SN2010JL mere weeks after its demise, the Chandra X-Ray telescope found a shockwave tearing through layers the star had previously puffed off.
