The European Mars spacecraft advances the Red Planet with the mission to search the Martian atmosphere for gases and methane. The Schiaparelli was dispatched to arrive on Mars on Wednesday, and it will enter the orbit around the planet.
After the New Horizons probe captured historic close-up shots of the surface of Pluto this summer, NASA's far-reaching spacecraft is headed towards its next target.
Pluto is now the most distant object in our solar system ever visited by humankind. It took nearly 10 years for NASA's New Horizons spacecraft to arrive at Pluto, but the momentous occasion finally happened on Tuesday.
Yari Rodriguez might be headed to Mars. On her way there, there is the possibility she could perish in a rocket explosion or run out of oxygen, but Rodriguez is not scared of those things; she is scared of TV cameras.
NASA opened up the registration process this week for its CubeSat Cube Quest Challenge, calling on competitors around the world to come up with the technology to enable small satellites – or CubeSats – to be used for deep space exploration in both scientific and commercial arenas.
The Rosetta mothercraft launched from Earth 10 years ago with the probe named Philae. Rosetta traveled 6.4 billion miles before arriving at the comet in August.
NASA on Tuesday approved the production of rocket believed to be the most powerful to ever launch in history, which will explore areas beyond our moon including near-Earth asteroids and Mars by the end of the decade.
An announcement by SpaceX indicated a decision was made to conduct more rocket inspections "to ensure the highest possible level of mission assurance."
