Spacecraft
What Is a Gravitational Wave Detector, and Why Do We Want to Send One to Space?
ESA is getting ready to launch LISA Pathfinder, a mission that will test the technology for a million-kilometer-large gravitational wave detector.
NASA's Giant Robot Arm Will Spin Rocket Parts Out of Carbon Fibre
Lighter rockets will mean humans can pack more into their spacecrafts when they travel to Mars.
NASA Is Testing Next-Generation Fire Shelters at a Burn Site In Northern Canada
Not unlike a spacecraft tearing through the atmosphere, NASA’s hope is that its material will be able to weather a wildfire’s blazing heat—saving lives in the process—unlike any emergency shelter before.
'It's Baffling': New NASA Images of Pluto Challenge Geological Theories
A new photo released by the space agency Tuesday shows views from the New Horizons spacecraft hovering about 7,750 miles above Pluto.
NASA's New Horizons Makes Pluto Flyby, Nine Years After Leaving Earth
The closest look at the dwarf planet we've ever had.
Advice for New Horizons from 1989
Suzanne Dodd knows how the New Horizons team must be feeling right now. She guided Voyager 2 on our first flyby of Neptune in 1989.
Astronomers May Have Found Evidence of Alien Life on a Comet, or Not
Some scientists were quick to shout "Alien," but not everyone agrees.
Rosetta Gets the Go-Ahead to Chase Its Comet for 9 Months Longer
The European Space Agency will now fund the Rosetta mission through to September 2016.
Engineers Stumble on a Whole New Method of Laser-Based Spacecraft Propulsion
Are graphene light-sponges the new solar sails?
SpaceX Successfully Tested Its Astronaut Ejection System
It's splashdown for the Dragon capsule and the dummy onboard.
Why We Love To Anthropomorphize Spaceships
Thursday, the Mercury MESSENGER orbiter became the latest spaceship to live tweet its own death. We’re such suckers for that schtick.
NASA Wants to Tether Spacecraft to Comets to Hitch ‘Free Rides’ to Deep Space
The development would halve the amount of time it'd take to get to Pluto.