• Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 20th, 2015
US Air Force Space Plane Scheduled for Launch This Wednesday, May 20

US Air Force Space Plane Scheduled for Launch This Wednesday, May 20

The mission is so secretive that even NASA is utterly and completely clueless about the space plane's flight agenda

The Venus Express Completes Its Space Adventure, Readies for Death-Dive

The Venus Express Completes Its Space Adventure, Readies for Death-Dive

The spacecraft has been orbiting Venus since April 2006, scientists say it will soon go out in a blaze of glory

European Space Agency Begins to Send Crude Oil into Space

European Space Agency Begins to Send Crude Oil into Space

Part of an experiment to learn how the substance behaves

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • November 28th, 2014
Japan Readies to Launch a Probe to an Asteroid, Have It Blow Up the Space Rock

Japan Readies to Launch a Probe to an Asteroid, Have It Blow Up the Space Rock

The Japanese space probe, dubbed Hayabusa2, is expected to leave our planet sometime in the days to come

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • November 12th, 2014
In Less than 30 Minutes Philae Will Leave Rosetta, Head for Its Target Comet

In Less than 30 Minutes Philae Will Leave Rosetta, Head for Its Target Comet

Having parted with the spacecraft, the lander Philae will take about 7 hours to reach Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

North Korea Landed Man on the Sun, North Korea Allegedly Claimed

North Korea Landed Man on the Sun, North Korea Allegedly Claimed

The news about the country's making such a claim is now spreading like wildfire

Iran Readies to Send Another Monkey into Space

Iran Readies to Send Another Monkey into Space

The monkey is expected to leave Earth sometime next month

  • Science
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • January 9th, 2013
Reality Show Plans to Turn Ordinary Folks Into Mars Colonists

Reality Show Plans to Turn Ordinary Folks Into Mars Colonists

Virtually anybody who thinks they have what it takes can apply for the “job”

  • Space
  • By Cristina Macari
  • November 27th, 2012
US and Russian Astronauts Team Up for One-Year Space Expedition

US and Russian Astronauts Team Up for One-Year Space Expedition

Kelly and Kornienko selected to launch to space in spring 2015

  • Green
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 20th, 2012
NASA Perfects the Art of Growing Vegetables in Outer Space

NASA Perfects the Art of Growing Vegetables in Outer Space

VEGGIE turns astronauts into farmers, allows them to grow their own food

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 7th, 2009
Russians to Send Earth Organisms to Mars Moon

Russians to Send Earth Organisms to Mars Moon

Phobos will be the target for Russia's space mission

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 29th, 2008
SpaceX Finally Took to Orbit

SpaceX Finally Took to Orbit

The fourth attempt proves successful for the Hawthorne-based corporation