On Oct. 12, 1964, the Soviet Union launched Voskhod 1, a 24-hour crewed mission that achieved several “firsts” for human spaceflight. Here’s why it mattered.
On. Oct. 11, 1968, Apollo 7 launched into space with NASA astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham. Here’s why it mattered.
On Oct. 10, 1967, the international Outer Space Treaty on how countries can use outer space ratified. Here’s why it mattered.
SpaceX launched 21 “data transport” satellites for the U.S. military today (Oct. 10), sending them up from California’s central coast.
On Oct. 9, 1992, a space rock the size of a bowling ball fell out of space and crash landed on a woman’s Chevy Malibu in Peekskill, New York. Here’s why it mattered.
According to some reports, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union mounted a rapid-fire cannon aboard a secretive military space station.
President Trump just gave Elon Musk and a handful of other tech luminaries the National Medal of Science, the highest honor the U.S. can bestow on a scientist or engineer.
Northrop Grumman’s robotic Cygnus XL spacecraft departed the International Space Station today (Oct. 9) after a six-month stay.
“I think motherhood eventually has to become a bigger part of the conversation if we’re serious when we talk about humanity having a sustained presence beyond Earth.”
An old Soviet satellite has fragmented into multiple pieces in low Earth orbit, the latest in a string of recent breakup events.