space
NASA spacecraft opens new year 4 billion miles from Earth
Word of success came 10 hours after the middle-of-the-night encounter.
NASA spacecraft survives risky encounter with faraway world
Word of success came 10 hours after the middle-of-the-night encounter.
NASA spaceship closes in on distant world
The spacecraft's closest approach to this primitive space rock comes January 1 at 12:33 am ET (0533 GMT).
Solar system's most distant object is 'Farout' pink dwarf planet
Its discovery was announced on Monday by the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center.
SpaceX halts US satellite launch for national security mission
US Vice President Mike Pence, who travelled to Florida to watch the launch.
China launches probe to explore dark side of Moon
Advancing China’s space programme has been a priority of its leaders.
SpaceX launches biggest US 'rideshare' mission with 64 satellites
The Falcon 9 blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 10:34 a.m.
Russia launches first manned voyage to ISS since rocket accident
The Soyuz lifted off at 1131 GMT from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
NASA deep space probe reaches asteroid deemed potential Earth threat
Scientists estimate there is a one-in-2,700 chance of the asteroid slamming into Earth 166 years from now.
NASA's Martian quake sensor InSight lands at slight angle
The $993 million lander, a lava plain for a two-year mission aimed at better understanding how Earth's neighboring planet formed.