SpaceX launched its Starfall return capsule for the second time ever this morning (Oct. 20), sending it up on the Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission.
Japan just launched an epic mission to Mars’ moons that could make history as the first spacecraft to return to Earth from the Red Planet — and it plans to come back with samples onboard.
On Oct. 19, 2016, the European Space Agency’s ExoMars orbiter and Schiaparelli arrived at Mars! Here’s why it mattered.
Japan’s mission to Mars’ moons could answer a decades old question dividing the origins of Phobos and Deimos between two conflicting theories, and make history as the first spacecraft to return to Earth from orbit of the Red Planet.
The world will miss Margaret Hamilton, the pioneering programmer who helped NASA land Apollo astronauts on the moon. But we will always have her example to inspire us.
On Oct. 18, 1963, a cat went to space! Félicette was a French “catstronaut” who became the first and only feline to fly to space. Here’s why it mattered.
The Artemis II crew have joined an impressive list of honourees, including Buzz Aldrin, Jane Goodall and David Attenborough.
On Oct. 17, 2016, the Antares rocket now built by Northrop Grumman Space Systems returned to flight to come back from a catastrophic explosion. Here’s why it mattered.
The astronauts of SpaceX’s Crew-12 mission wish that we could all see Earth as they just did —as a beautiful but fragile outpost of life in a vast void.
On Oct. 16, 1975, NASA launched the first operational GOES weather satellite. Here’s why it mattered.