SpaceXspacerocketsSpaceX rocket achieves new take-off and hover recordAdario StrangeTuesday, April 23, 2013 - 4:12pm Elon Musk's SpaceX has unveiled what could be the next phase of its race into space: the development of hovering return rockets.
rocketsAntaresspaceAntares launch paves way for competitive commercial space travelRobin BurksMonday, April 22, 2013 - 1:51pm Credit: Look out SpaceX: Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket has successfully delivered a dummy supply capsule to orbit.
virgin galacticspaceshiptworocketsVirgin Galactic stuns with newest leap forwardColin Druce-McFaddenWednesday, April 17, 2013 - 1:04pm Credit: Yes that plume is supposed to be streaming out the back of SpaceShipTwo, and it's awesome.
rocketsApollo 11nasaApollo 11 rocket engines recovered after 44 years in the AtlanticRaymond WongWednesday, March 20, 2013 - 4:12pm Credit: NASA's Apollo 11 F-1 rocket engines were never meant to be recovered, but Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos went ahead and plucked them out of the Atlantic anyway.
SpaceXrocketsCommercial SpaceflightSpaceX Grasshopper demos take off, hover, and return capabilitiesAdario StrangeTuesday, March 12, 2013 - 12:23pm Credit: As evidenced by a stunning new test launch video, SpaceX is still hard at work on the next generation of reusable spacecrafts.
rocketsLandsatnasaLandsat 8 launches into orbit, we watch from the groundEvan AckermanTuesday, February 12, 2013 - 4:11pm Credit: DVICE is on hand for the barely controlled explosion that sends the newest imaging satellite of the USGS into space on top of an Atlas V.
rocketsspacerussiaVideo: Russian rocket fails 40 seconds after launch Eileen MarableSaturday, February 2, 2013 - 2:16pm Credit: Advanced Intelsat-IS27 communications satellite lost in the Pacific Ocean
spacerocketsmilitaryIran claims monkeynaut launched into space Adario StrangeMonday, January 28, 2013 - 11:55am Credit: Iran's official news agency has announced that the country has sent a monkey into space, but the nation's past may cause some to be skeptical.
rocketsnasaspaceNASA restarts most powerful rocket engine ever builtEvan AckermanFriday, January 25, 2013 - 3:00pm The mighty F-1 engine, five of which were used to send Apollo missions to the Moon, has been (partially) resurrected and test fired.
MARSrocketsSpaceXElon Musk clarifies: 80,000 colonists on Mars per yearKevin HallThursday, November 29, 2012 - 1:24pm Elon Musk has been talking about creating a colony on Mars for a while now, and he wants 80,000 colonists moving to Mars per year.