"spacecraft"

Salty Ceres, Martian Dunes and Venus at Last

From progress on deciphering the strange features of dwarf planet Ceres to NASA's plans to play with Martian sand and a heroic rescue of Japan's Venus-bound spacecraft, it's been an interesting past couple of weeks...

Pluto's Barnacled Beauty

Early images from New Horizons' encounter with Pluto reveal an extraordinary surface of strange mountains and varying deposits of light and dark material

Countdown to the Kuiper Belt [Videos]

For the first time two spacecraft will soon make up-close studies of objects from the solar system’s Kuiper Belt, a mysterious region beyond Neptune’s orbit.

Extraordinary Footage From Starship Juno

A starship comes tearing through the solar system, its sensors capturing a brief glimpse of the inner planets. A small blue-green world spins while its tiny dark moon gyrates around it.

Nuevas imágenes revelan el destino del módulo de aterrizaje perdido en Marte

Schiaparelli, la nave de la Agencia Espacial Europea, se estrelló y posiblemente explotó.
 

Juno se enfrenta a su momento de la verdad en Júpiter

A punto de entrar en la órbita de Júpiter, el 4 de julio, la nave de la NASA está configurado para sondear los misterios más profundos del gigante de gas.

Juno llega a Júpiter

Después de lograr encender su motor –hazaña sobre la cual dependía su vida–, la segunda nave espacial en orbitar Júpiter se prepara para revolucionar nuestra visión del planeta gigante...

La guerra en el espacio puede estar más cerca que nunca

China, Rusia y EE.UU. están desarrollando y probando nuevas y controvertidas capacidades para librar la guerra en el espacio pese a que lo niegan.

La NASA elige a una roca como el próximo destino de sus astronautas

La polémica Misión de Redirección de Asteroide de la agencia espacial ya no busca reorientar un asteroide hacia la órbita lunar alta.

Private Space Endeavors Move Forward after String of Accidents

NASA chooses astronauts to fly on commercial missions

War in Space May Be Closer Than Ever

China, Russia and the U.S. are developing and testing controversial new capabilities to wage war in space despite their denial of such work

Dawn Spacecraft Images Reveal "Ice Rinks" on Ceres

Bright spots in the latest pictures from NASA’s mission to the dwarf planet may be water ice, researchers say

NASA Struggles over Deep-Space Plutonium Power

Sluggish production of nuclear fuel could make solar power the preferred choice for the agency’s outer-planets missions

A Waste of Space [Commentary]

NASA’s new space station mission is not a big step toward Mars, but mostly a holding pattern
 

NASA’s Next Space Telescope Promises the Stars—and Planets, Too

The much-hyped James Webb Space Telescope promises to revolutionize exoplanet science, but only if astronomers can agree on how to use it.

Space Shuttle Swan Songs: Enterprise and Discovery Fly their Final Missions [Slide Show]

Washington, D.C. and New York City greet the retiring shuttles

Satellites Spy on Washington from on High [Slide Show]

A satellite imaging company provides clear new pix of features on Earth's surface as India mulls the role played by such imagery in the deadly Mumbai attacks

Space Wars - Coming to the Sky Near You?

A recent shift in U.S. military strategy and provocative actions by china threaten to ignite a new arms race in space. But would placing weapons in space be in anyone's national interest?...

Navy Shoots Satellite [Slideshow]

Probing the Digital Depths of Earth