Musk Explains Rocket Landing Failure

SPACE 04.19.2015 15:53 PM

On Tuesday, Elon Musk's SpaceX tried and failed for a third time to land their Falcon 9 rocket after blast off. Musk has now offered to the public the explanation as to what happened that caused this latest attempt to fail.

UFO Spotted in 1960 NASA Mercury Mission Photo

04.19.2015 15:52 PM

A prominent UFO researcher Scott C Waring has found something strange in the 55 year old photo from NASA that was taken by an unmanned space capsule from the Mercury Project in the early days of the United States space program. The strange discovery has led the researcher to ask whether alien observers have been keeping an eye on mankind's missions into space from the beginning.

Dawn Sends Stunning New Pictures of Ceres

04.18.2015 23:40 PM

For months now everyone has been waiting to catch a detailed glimpse at the dwarf planet Ceres. Once Dawn entered orbit around Ceres, it spent its first month on the dark side of the dwarf planet sending back no images, of course. Now, however, the wait is over and Dawn has sent back one of the sharpest ever looking images of the previously unexplored world and the images will only get better from here.

Laser Proposed to Blast Away Space Junk

04.18.2015 23:38 PM

The exploration to space has been paved with litter as missions after mission and satellite after satellite has left much of Earth's orbit as nothing more than a glorified garbage dump. Now, scientists have proposed a new way to deal with the trash problem - blast it.

NASA Defends Asteroid Mission and Earth Research to Congress

04.17.2015 17:38 PM

NASA's mission to land on an asteroid and its Earth Science division drew criticism from members of Congress, as administrator Charles Bolden defended the agency on Capitol Hill.

Enough About Espresso—Here’s the Important Stuff that Landed on the International Space Station Today

04.17.2015 12:42 PM

It appears that, as usual, everyone is excited about coffee on a Friday morning. Yes the International Space Station now has an espresso machine for the Americans, but the Italians won the race to the first ISSpresso in space and that’s not even the most important stuff that arrived today thanks to SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. And though the coffee may claim the spotlight, the nanotech, food and mice (yes, we said mice in space) are the really important things aboard this NASA payload.

The Budget Rocket Battle Has Begun with New Rocket Built to Take on SpaceX

04.16.2015 21:19 PM

While SpaceX continues to try to land a rocket for reuse later, Boeing and Lockheed Martin have unveiled what they believe will be a better and cheaper booster recycling solution.

Messenger Probes Dramatic Death Scheduled for April 30

04.16.2015 21:10 PM

The first spacecraft ever to orbit Mercury will crash into the surface of the small planet located closest to the sun in just two short weeks from now.

Espresso Machines Brings Civilized Society to ISS

04.16.2015 21:07 PM

A resupply mission to the International Space Station is bringing much needed culture to the ISS in the form of a new Espresso machine.

Coast To Coast—Sperm Whale Deaths Rock Conservation News This Week

04.15.2015 20:27 PM

From coast to coast across the United States, news this week of three sperm whales in particular has rocked the conservation community, as the loss of three endangered individuals raises questions about the species' status in the wild.

New Horizon's Sends Back First Color Image of Pluto and Charon

04.15.2015 18:00 PM

In July, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will make its closest pass of Pluto, giving us a closer look at a body living in a little known region of our solar system. While it still has millions of miles left to go, New Horizons still has a treat for everyone as it has taken the first ever color image of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon.

SpaceX Stage 1 Failed, But What Will Still Make It To the International Space Station?

04.15.2015 15:17 PM

Just because the first stage of the Falcon 9 went up in flames when it returned back to Earth, doesn’t mean that the entire mission wasn’t a success. In fact, even though the near miss may have made headlines all this week, as the second attempt by SpaceX proved to be as unsuccessful as the first, the Dragon cargo capsule is still on its way to the International Space Station for its resupply mission, and it’s carrying quite a few surprises in store, as well.

Close, But No Cigar—SpaceX Rocket Recapture Fails Again

04.15.2015 14:43 PM

Close, but no cigar. Though you’d expect from the fire and the smoke to find something at the scene of the Falcon 9 rocket’s landing site. After multiple delays and promising weather conditions this Tuesday April 14, an unmanned Falcon 9 rocket developed by SpaceX was launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in transit towards the International Space Station, full of supplies. But in the second attempt that the company has pursued in trying to recapture the rocket’s first stage by landing it on an autonomous drone ship, SpaceX encountered yet another failure even after making monumental changes since the Jan. 10 crash landing, earlier this year.

Scientists Believe That Venus Holds the Secret of How Life Developed on Earth

04.14.2015 22:18 PM

Space agencies from around the world including NASA, the Russians and even the Europeans are planning trips to Venus that could provide valuable insight into the universe and perhaps even give scientists clues about how life originally formed right here on Earth.

Round 2 For SpaceX’s 10-Point Landing

04.14.2015 14:32 PM

It’s first attempt was a failure, but in hopes of creating a more sustainable spaceflight industry, private spaceflight company SpaceX is going to try landing one of their rockets again. And this time you can watch the mission live, no delays and no interruptions like before.