Space Exploration Technologies

Watch This Prototype Mars Spacecraft Spin During A Supersonic Test

Feeling dizzy? This is what the view looked like from NASA's next-generation Mars spacecraft as the flying saucer-shaped vehicle did…

10 years ago

Amazing Telescopic Pictures Of The Space Station And A Cargo Ship Heading That Way

Here's your morning photographic space delight: the International Space Station and the last European automated transfer vehicle (ATV), Georges Lemaître,…

10 years ago

Robot Spacecraft Swarm Among Group Tapped For More NASA Funding

How do crazy but neat ideas such as the Mars crane make it to space? It's through years, sometimes decades,…

10 years ago

‘Explore Mars’ Group Wants To Build Instrument Seeking Subsurface Red Planet Life

Not-for-profit group Explore Mars has a new IndieGoGo campaign that could see an instrument, ExoLance, head to the Red Planet…

10 years ago

If You Mine An Asteroid, Who Does The Property Belong To?

There have been several proposals in recent months to visit asteroids -- NASA is talking about sending astronauts to an…

10 years ago

Rocket Replay: Watch Europe’s Last Space Station Automated Transfer Vehicle Soar

The last of Europe's five automated transfer vehicles made a flawless launch to orbit yesterday (July 30). So far, all…

10 years ago

Astronaut Dance: If We Were Going To Space, We’d Do This Too

Anyone want to take bets on what this astronaut was listening to? This is a short silent video of Thomas…

10 years ago

Venus Express Survives Close Encounter With Hellish Atmosphere

It was a daring maneuver, but the plan to put Venus Express lower in the planet's thick atmosphere has worked.…

10 years ago

Astronaut Spots Violence Over Gaza, Asks What Extraterrestrials Would Think

From his perch aboard the International Space Station, Alexander Gerst took this photo this week and said he could spot…

10 years ago