Orbital cargo ship nears arrival at space stationAn unmanned cargo ship that was rocketed into space this weekend by Orbital Sciences Corporation is nearing the International Space Station where it plans to dock.
16 July 2014
'Space junk' fireball lights up Australian skyAustralians were treated to a spectacular light show after a flaming object, believed to be space junk from a Russian booster rocket, streaked across the night sky and lit up social media.
11 July 2014
Chinese moon rover designer shooting for MarsThe man who designed China's Jade Rabbit moon rover hopes a more advanced version of his creation will be sent to Mars, state media reported, underscoring Beijing's increasingly ambitious space programme.
04 July 2014
NASA to launch satellite to track carbon pollutionThe US space agency is to launch on Tuesday a satellite that tracks atmospheric carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.
01 July 2014
NASA's 'flying saucer' tests new Mars-landing technologyNASA sent a saucer-like vehicle high into the sky to test technology for a future Mars landing, but its parachute tangled when deployed and the spacecraft splashed into the Pacific Ocean.
Wealthy Chinese buy space flight tickets: reportMore than 300 Chinese space enthusiasts have booked tickets costing nearly $100,000 for a five minute trip to outer space, official media reported.
'Godzilla' of Earths circles distant starAstronomers have spotted the "Godzilla" of all Earths, a huge rocky planet orbiting a star 560 light years away that is changing scientists' understanding of the origins of the universe.
03 June 2014
SpaceX unveils capsule to ferry astronauts to spaceA sleek, white gumdrop-shaped space capsule that aims to carry up to seven astronauts to the International Space Station and return to land anywhere on Earth was unveiled Thursday by SpaceX.
30 May 2014
Russian, German and US astronauts dock with ISSA crew of Russian, German and US astronauts docked with the International Space Station Thursday as space cooperation between Moscow and the West continues despite their worst standoff since the Cold War.
29 May 2014
US Senate panel budgets $100 mn for non-Russian rocketA Senate panel set aside $100 million Thursday to develop a US rocket engine as an alternative to Russian equipment currently used to launch military satellites into orbit.
SpaceX supply capsule heads back to EarthThe unmanned Dragon capsule from US firm SpaceX landed safely in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico's coast Sunday, hours after undocking from the International Space Station.