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Bankrupt Spaceflight Company's Space Plane Assets to Help Young Minds Soar
April 20, 2018 | ArticleBefore it went bankrupt last year, XCOR Aerospace aimed to fly tourists to space with the company's Lynx suborbital vehicle. But now, XCOR's assets will help give high school and college students hands-on experience with rockets and space technology.
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New NASA Chief Jim Bridenstine Faces 'Uphill Climb' After Contentious Confirmation
April 20, 2018 | ArticleJim Bridenstine shouldn't necessarily expect smooth sailing now that he's finally in as NASA administrator, experts say.
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Delta IV Heavy: Powerful Launch Vehicle
April 20, 2018 | ReferenceThe Delta IV Heavy is a variant of the Delta IV line, and is one of the world's most powerful operational launch vehicles.
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Why This New Exoplanet-Hunting Telescope Blows Kepler Out of the Water
April 19, 2018 | ArticleTESS will have the ultimate view of the night sky from a perfect orbit around Earth.
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US Military's Mysterious X-37B Space Plane Spotted by Satellite Trackers
April 19, 2018 | ArticleThe U.S. Air Force's X-37B space plane has apparently been spotted by satellite watchers, about seven months after the secretive vehicle reached orbit.
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Senate Votes to Confirm Bridenstine as NASA Administrator
April 19, 2018 | ArticleThe most contentious nomination process for a NASA administrator in the agency's six-decade history came to an end April 19 when the Senate voted to confirm Jim Bridenstine.
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What's Next for NASA's TESS Exoplanet Hunter?
April 19, 2018 | ArticleNASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is in space, but its science work won't start until June. Here's what the spacecraft will be doing until then.
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'Flames in Space' Might Help Clean Earth's Air (Video)
April 19, 2018 | ArticleStudying how flames burn in microgravity is helping scientists understand combustion. The insights learned could help reduce pollution here on Earth, according to a video released by NASA.
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Ex-Space Plane: Inside the Hangar at Bankrupt XCOR Aerospace (Photos)
April 18, 2018 | Image AlbumXCOR Aerospace was developing a space plane called Lynx, but that work stopped when the company went bankrupt in 2017. Here's a look inside XCOR's former facilities at the Mojave Air and Space Port, courtesy of Space.com contributor Douglas Messier.
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NASA's TESS Satellite Launches to Seek Out New Alien Worlds
April 18, 2018 | ArticleNASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched today (April 18) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, rising off the pad atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 6:51 p.m. EDT (2251 GMT).
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