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This NASA handout image depicts the Cassini unmanned spacecraft above Saturn's rings

Cassini readies one last plunge into Saturn

NASA's Cassini probe is counting its final hours before one last plunge into Saturn on Sept. 15.

14 Sep 2017 9:16 AM

The Dream Chaser was lifted to an altitude at which it would be released for a free flight that is scheduled to happen later this year.

‘Dream Chaser’ mini space shuttle takes first flight

The craft did its first captive flight, suspended from a helicopter and went up to a higher altitude.

04 Sep 2017 7:40 PM

Astrophysicists create music from Saturn’s moons, rings

Cassini has been collecting data while orbiting Saturn since its arrival in 2004 and is now in the throes of a final death spiral.

31 Aug 2017 4:11 PM

Cassini has been probing Saturn and its entourage of 62 known moons since July 2004. (Photo: NASA)

Cassini preps for fiery plunge into Saturn after 13-year mission

Cassini will make the last of 22 farewell dives between the planet’s rings and surface on Sept. 15.

31 Aug 2017 8:15 AM

This NASA file photo taken on August 3, 2002 shows an artist's rendition of the Voyager spacecraft, which is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its launch. (Photo: AFP)

Forty years on, NASA’s unmanned spaceships still hurtles through space

Voyager's main mission was to explore other planets including Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune.

27 Aug 2017 8:17 AM

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

This picture released by NASA shows the Great Red Spot on Jupiter -- one of a number of breathtaking images taken by the Juno Spacecraft on a July 11 flyby of the solar system's largest planet. (photo: AFP)

NASA releases series of new stunning images of raging storm on Jupiter

NASA's Juno spacecraft flew over the storm late Monday, offering humanity's closest look yet at the iconic feature of Jupiter.

13 Jul 2017 7:58 AM

Spacecraft unveiled for first Europe mission to Mercury

The craft has an unusual design, comprising a "stacked aircraft" carrying two orbiters -- one European, the other Japanese.

06 Jul 2017 6:39 PM

SpaceX will recover the spacecraft and take it back to California. (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX craft returns to Earth after 2nd space station trip

A SpaceX Dragon capsule that brought supplies to the International Space Station has splashed down as planned in the Pacific Ocean.

04 Jul 2017 8:45 AM

The spacecraft will pass about 9,000 kilometres above the Giant Red Spot clouds.

NASA's Juno probe set to fly over Jupiter's Great Red Spot

NASA's Juno spacecraft is set to fly directly over Jupiter's Great Red Spot on July 10.

03 Jul 2017 8:21 AM

SpaceX is working on a version of its Dragon capsule that will carry crew to the space station, perhaps as early as next year (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX's first recycled Dragon arrives at space station

It was originally flown on SpaceX's fourth re-supply mission in 2014.

06 Jun 2017 8:14 AM

The Parker Solar Probe is set to orbit within 3.9 million miles of the sun's surface, where temperatures exceed 2,500 Fahrenheit (1,377 Celsius) (Photo:AFP)

A real scorcher: NASA probe to fly into sun's atmosphere

The solar Probe will liftoff from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in July 2018

01 Jun 2017 10:09 AM

$The area around the icy moon's current south pole is a geologically active region where long, linear fractures referred to as tiger stripes slice across the surface. Researchers speculate that an asteroid may have struck the region in the past when it was closer to the equator.$