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Voyager 1 followed a few weeks later and is ahead of Voyager 2.

NASA, PBS marking 40 years since Voyager spacecraft launches

Today marks the 40th anniversary of NASA's launch of Voyager 2

20 Aug 2017 9:22 AM

Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin (left) and Sergey Ryazanskiy are pictured in the Orlan spacesuits they are wearing during today’s spacewalk. Credit: @SergeyISS

Cosmonauts release 3D-printed satellite into space

The exterior casing of the first one tossed overboard was made with a 3-D printer.

18 Aug 2017 10:02 AM

The extra-large science load includes a cosmic ray monitor, a mini satellite with cheap, off-the-shelf scopes for potential military viewing, and 20 mice for an eye and brain study.

SpaceX Dragon delivers scientific bounty to space station

The Dragon holds 3 tons of cargo, mostly research.

17 Aug 2017 9:52 AM

The new supercomputer named Cheyenne, is located at a National Center for Atmospheric Research facility on the outskirts of Wyoming's capital city.

New supercomputer seen as big boost to science, Wyoming

Cheyenne, the supercomputer, is three times faster yet three times more efficient than its predecessor, a machine called Yellowstone.

09 Aug 2017 7:56 AM

On August 5, 2012, the mission team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, exalted at radio confirmation and first images from Curiosity after the rover's touchdown using a new "sky crane" landing method.

NASA's Curiosity rover marks 5 years of Mars exploration

Curiosity, which landed near Mount Sharp five years ago, is examining clues on that mountain about long-ago lakes on Mars.

05 Aug 2017 3:53 PM

Now, NASA researchers have identified the chemical fingerprint of acrylonitrile in Titan data collected by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile. (Representational image)

Possible key ingredients of life discovered on Saturn’s Moon

NASA finds Moon of Saturn has chemical that could form ‘Membranes.’

30 Jul 2017 10:26 AM

Their arrival means the US space agency now has four crew members instead of three available for medical experiments, technology demonstrations and other research aboard the station, the US space agency said.

Three-man crew reaches space station as US boosts research

The men will join two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut already aboard the station, a project of 15 nations.

29 Jul 2017 8:34 AM

As part of Phase II, the team will continue to refine the design concept developed in Phase I and work with NASA to identify key system requirements for the Deep Space Gateway.

Scientists developing deep space habitat for NASA

The prototype will integrate technologies to keep astronauts safe while onboard and operate the spacecraft autonomously when unoccupied.

27 Jul 2017 4:28 PM

The astronauts' space suits are tested before the launch. (Photo: AFP)

Astronauts gear up for space with tough Russian training

Astronaut Randy Bresnik, astronaut Paolo Nespoli and Russian cosmonaut commander Sergei Ryazansky are due to blast off into space on Friday.

27 Jul 2017 12:26 PM

The Apollo 11 Contingency Lunar Sample Return Bag, used by Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11 to bring back the very first pieces of the moon ever collected, is displayed during a media preview for Space Exploration auction in New York. (Photo: AFP)

Neil Armstrong's moon bag sells for $1.8mn in New York

The bag fell short of Sotheby's pre-sale estimate of $2-4 million.

21 Jul 2017 8:23 AM

Flight Analog Program Manager, Lisa Spence, toasts with sparkling grape juice the HERA XIII crew for a successful end to the first 45-day mission. Credits: NASA

Goodbye HERA, Hello Sleep: NASA’s HERA XIII crew returns home

This mission was the first of its kind to last 45 days, as well as incorporate sleep reduction for research purposes.

20 Jul 2017 10:51 AM

The mystery has gripped the internet as speculation mounts about the potential for a discovery of alien life on the red dwarf star known as Ross 128 -- despite the best attempts of astronomers to put such rumors to rest. (Photo: AFP)

'Peculiar' radio signals emerge from nearby star

Some very 'peculiar signals' have been noticed coming from a star just 11 light-years away, according to scientists in Puerto Rico.

19 Jul 2017 8:24 AM

This diagram illustrates the positions of Mars, Earth and the sun during a period that occurs approximately every 26 months, when Mars passes almost directly behind the sun from Earth's perspective. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA to refrain sending commands to Mars orbiters

Data will keep coming from Mars to Earth, although loss or corruption of some bits is anticipated and the data will be retransmitted later.

18 Jul 2017 9:31 AM

A Russian Soyuz 2-1A rocket -- like the one seen in this file photo taken on April 28, 2016 -- launched 73 satellites into orbit on Friday

Russia launches 73 satellites into orbit

According to Russian news agencies, Glavcosmos, charged with putting the satellites into orbit.

15 Jul 2017 8:00 AM

The new work instead takes a broader view, assessing many common species which are losing populations all over the world as their ranges shrink, but remain present elsewhere.

Earth facing sixth mass extinction: study

The sixth mass extinction in Earth's history is already underway and is more severe than previously thought.

11 Jul 2017 3:41 PM

Four students from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics entered the Lunar Palace-1 on Sunday with the aim of living self-sufficiently for 200 days. (photo: Xinhua)

China tests self-sustaining space station in Beijing

They are part of a project aimed at creating a self-sustaining ecosystem that provides everything humans need to survive.

10 Jul 2017 8:09 AM

The same rocket type had been expected to take China's latest lunar probe to the Moon this year and to return with samples. (representational image)

China's new heavy-lift rocket launch fails in flight

China's launch of a new heavy-lift rocket, carrying what the government said was its heaviest ever satellite, failed on Sunday.

03 Jul 2017 7:59 AM

NASA developing first asteroid deflection mission

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is moving from concept development to preliminary design phase

02 Jul 2017 2:07 PM

NASA rocket creates colourful artificial clouds

The NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket was successfully launched from the US space agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia

30 Jun 2017 3:02 PM

Throughout its 4.5-billion-year history, Earth has been repeatedly pummelled by space rocks that have caused anything from an innocuous splash in the ocean to species annihilation.

Are asteroids humanity's 'greatest challenge'?

Astrophysicists monitoring the risk classify objects into sizes ranging from a few millimetres to behemoths 10 kilometres.

28 Jun 2017 5:03 PM

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