Spaceflight : Discovery News

Project Icarus: The Interstellar Communication Problem

Posted Mon Feb 6, 2012 04:42 PM ET | 0

Guest contributor Pat Galea discusses how a starship may transmit signals across the light-years between the stars. Read more

Project Icarus: Reaching for Interstellar Space

Posted Mon Feb 6, 2012 02:00 PM ET

What would a mission to the stars look like? Read more

SpaceX Test Fires Awesome New Rocket

Posted by Ian O'Neill Thu Feb 2, 2012 01:58 AM ET | 0

The private spaceflight company has test fired a new rocket that will be used to rescue launching astronauts during an emergency and propulsively land on planetary bodies. Read more

Cosmic Rays Probably Killed Russian Mars Probe

Posted by Ian O'Neill Tue Jan 31, 2012 02:54 PM ET | 0

Forget the conspiracy theories, it was actually the universe that conspired against Phobos-Grunt, knocking out its onboard electronics with high-energy particles. Read more

Cosmic Rays Probably Killed Russian Mars Probe

Mars-bound Rover Feels Wrath of Sun's Radiation

Posted by Ian O'Neill Mon Jan 30, 2012 04:52 PM ET | 0

Last week, as the sun crackled with flare activity and launched a succession of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), it wasn't only Earth that felt the sun's wrath. Read more

Mars-bound Rover Feels Wrath of Sun's Radiation

Ready, Set, Hold: SpaceX Not Ready to Fly

Posted by Irene Klotz Wed Jan 18, 2012 02:17 AM ET | 0

SpaceX's historic mission to the space station isn't quite ready for prime time, yet. Read more

Ready, Set, Hold: SpaceX Not Ready to Fly

The Gemini Missions: Paving the Path for Apollo: Photos

Posted Mon Jan 16, 2012 02:05 PM ET | 0

A new online image archive by Arizona State University and NASA's Johnson Space Center features photos from the historic Gemini missions. Read more

Mysterious 'Space Ball' Crashes in Namibia

Posted by Ian O'Neill Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:53 AM ET | 0

Around mid-November, authorities in Namibia were alerted to the discovery of a hollow sphere that had apparently crashed to Earth from space. What is it? Read more

Mysterious 'Space Ball' Crashes in Namibia

Enormous Aircraft Planned to Carry Passengers to Space

Posted by Irene Klotz Tue Dec 13, 2011 03:00 PM ET | 0

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen announces plans to build a massive space plane. Read more

New Mission for Secret Spaceplane?

Posted by Irene Klotz Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:26 AM ET | 0

The military's miniature space shuttle could pave the way for ships to fly cargo and crew to the space station. Read more

'Lost' Russian Mars Probe Phones Home

Posted by Ian O'Neill Wed Nov 23, 2011 03:40 AM ET | 0

The Russian Mars mission Phobos-Grunt has made a surprise announcement: she's alive Read more

Soyuz Lands on Freezing Kazakh Steppe

Posted Tue Nov 22, 2011 04:10 AM ET | 0

Three astronauts have returned from the space station after an extended five-month stay in orbit. Read more

Toxic Russian Mars Probe Heads Back to Earth

Posted by Ian O'Neill Fri Nov 11, 2011 01:32 PM ET | 0

Last-ditch attempts are being made to rescue the Russian Mars mission, but the reality is that uncontrolled reentry scenarios are now being discussed. Read more