spacecraft
2nd powered test flight for Virgin Galactic spaceship
VSS Unity fired its rocket motor for 31 seconds and climbed to an altitude of 114,500 feet.
Humanity's first flight to Sun set to launch in July: NASA
Parker Solar Probe is humanity's first mission to the Sun.
Virgin Galactic conducts 1st powered flight of new spaceship
The spaceship climbed steeply and went supersonic — Mach 1.87 — during the 30-second rocket burn.
Spacerock that can end life on Earth can't be stopped by Nasa, say scientists
Researchers say it might be impossible to stop the space rock, the size of the Empire State building, from crashing into Earth in 2135.
Jupiter’s Colorful Cloud Belts captured by Juno Spacecraft
At the time the image was taken, the spacecraft was about 8,453 miles (13,604 kilometers) from the tops of the clouds of the planet.
NASA nails test on voyager spacecraft, 13 billion miles away
Voyager 1 is the only spacecraft traveling through interstellar space, the region beyond our solar system.
Dream Chaser successfully completes landing test
Around 30 feet (nine meters) in length, the space plane looks like a miniature version of NASA’s retired Space Shuttles
SpaceX launches 10 more Iridium Communications satellites
The satellites also carry payloads for global real-time aircraft tracking and a ship-tracking service.
This Mars lander will allow humans to explore the Red Planet
NASA is planning missions into the space between Earth and the Moon for the next decade to prepare for trips to Mars.
Asteroid-bound spacecraft zips by Earth for gravity boost
The spacecraft zipped over Antarctica at a distance of 11,000 miles (17,000 kilometers), using Earth's gravity to shift its trajectory.