Latest articles by Karl Tate
Planets Venus and Jupiter Own the Night (Infographic)
The bright planets Venus and Jupiter will move closer together in the evening sky over the next couple months.
Inside Huge Mars Rover's Sky Crane Landing (Infographic)
NASA's Curiosity rover is the size of a small car and will use a unique way to land on Mars.
Inside Russia's Mars Moon Sampling Mission: Infographic
Russia's Phobos-Grunt mission is intended to collect rocks from Mars' moon Phobos, but the spacecraft encountered trouble after launch.
How NASA's Asteroid Sample Return Mission Will Work (Infographic)
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will launch a probe to sample asteroid 1999 RQ36 in 2016.
Huge Space Rock 2005 YU55 Sneaks Within Moon's Distance (Infographic)
Despite making an unusually close pass by the Earth, asteroid 2005 YU55 poses no threat of impact with our planet.
Inside China's Space Rendezvous Success (Infographic)
The docking of two robotic spacecraft, the Tiangong 1 space station and Shenzhou 8 capsule, provides a preview of larger Chinese space complexes planned for the future.
The History & Structure of the Universe (Infographic)
See how the universe evolved into what we see today in this infographic tour of our cosmos.
The Facts About Germany's Falling Satellite ROSAT (Infographic)
Learn all about ROSAT, a dead space telescope that ceased operating in 1999 and will fall to Earth in October 2011, in this SPACE.com infographic.
NASA's Falling UARS Satellite Explained (Infographic)
Get a snapshot view of NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), which will fall to Earth in 2011, in this SPACE.com infographic.
New Planet is Like 'Star Wars'' Tatooine (Infographic)
Learn about the alien planet Kepler-16b that resembles Luke Skywalker's home world Tatooine in this SPACE.com infographic.
Alien Planet HD 85512 b Holds Possibility of Life (Infographic)
Learn how the "super-Earth" alien planet HD 85512 b could potentially support life in this SPACE.com infographic.
How NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter Works (Infographic)
See how NASA's Juno spacecraft will explore Jupiter like never before in this SPACE.com infographic.
Mars Explored: Landers and Rovers Since 1971 (Infographic)
Locations on Mars that have been visited by robots from Earth.
How NASA's Dawn Asteroid Mission Works (Infographic)
See how NASA's Dawn spacecraft will visit the asteroids Vesta and Ceres in this SPACE.com infographic.
Space Planes: Evolution of the Winged Spaceship (Infographic)
See how engineers turned the dream of winged spaceship into reality.
Solar System Explained From the Inside Out (Infographic)
A graphical representation of our solar system to scale - see how far the planets are from the sun in astronomical units.
How NASA's Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Stacks Up (Infographic)
How NASA's new Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle stacks up against other spaceships in this SPACE.com infographic.
How Planets in Alien Solar Systems Stack Up (Infographic)
See how some of the few confirmed alien solar systems stack up against our own.
Spaceships of the World: 50 Years of Human Spaceflight
See the spaceships that have launched astronauts and cosmonauts into space in the first 50 years of human spaceflight.
NASA's Messenger Mission to Mercury (Infographic)
NASA's Messenger mission is the first ever set to orbit the planet Mercury.
US Air Force's Secretive X-37B Space Plane (Infographic)
Diagram of the U.S. Air Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle.
