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Celebrity's Ashes 'Beamed Up' Into Space

Celebrity's Ashes 'Beamed Up' Into Space

Melissa Cronin  05.22.2012
By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 05/22/2012 08:15 AM EDT on SPACE.com CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scotty has finally been beamed up. The...

SpaceX Plans Flights to Private Space Station

Alejandro Rojas  05.22.2012
Recently, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told 60 Minutes that the reason he seeks to develop spacecraft is to save humanity itself.
SpaceX: Future or Failure?

SpaceX: Future or Failure?

Anna Leahy  05.22.2012
Spaceflight is hard. Really hard. And that's one reason that we bother going to space at all.
Postcard From the Earth

Postcard From the Earth

Margaret Lazarus Dean  05.21.2012
Someone in the crowd called out, "The space station!" and pointed toward the sky. We all looked up, and there, directly above us, a tiny...
WATCH: SpaceX Stalls Historic Mission In Last Second

WATCH: SpaceX Stalls Historic Mission In Last Second

05.19.2012
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after...
SATURDAY: SpaceX Gets Set For Historic Mission

SATURDAY: SpaceX Gets Set For Historic Mission

05.18.2012
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a...
New Crew Arrives At ISS Just In Time For Historic Space Event

New Crew Arrives At ISS Just In Time For Historic Space Event

05.17.2012
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- A Russian-made Soyuz craft carrying three astronauts has docked with the International Space Station, putting the...
NASA Veteran, Cosmonauts Blast Off Toward Space Station

NASA Veteran, Cosmonauts Blast Off Toward Space Station

05.15.2012
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- A three-man crew blasted off from a space center in southern Kazakhstan Tuesday morning on board a Russian-made Soyuz...
U.S., Russian Crew Blast Off For Space Station

U.S., Russian Crew Blast Off For Space Station

05.14.2012
(Adds details, background) By Nastassia Astrasheuskaya KOROLYOV, Russia, May 15 (Reuters) - A Soyuz spaceship...
New Launch Date Set For Historic SpaceX Mission

New Launch Date Set For Historic SpaceX Mission

David Freeman  05.14.2012
After a series of delays, the long-awaited SpaceX-ISS mission is now scheduled for May 19. If all goes according to plan, the first privately...
TONIGHT: Space Shuttle Veteran, Cosmonauts Launch Into Space

TONIGHT: Space Shuttle Veteran, Cosmonauts Launch Into Space

David Freeman  05.14.2012
By: Mike Wall Published: 05/14/2012 07:47 AM EDT on SPACE.com Three astronauts are finally ready to blast off toward the International...

The Legacy of the Space Shuttle

Richard Garriott de Cayeux  05. 8.2012
The Space Shuttle has been the most successful space launch system ever by far. In 30 years we launched the Space Shuttle 135 times. Today...
Date Set For 1st Private Cargo Run To Space Station

Date Set For 1st Private Cargo Run To Space Station

05. 6.2012
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private U.S. company has set a new date for launching a cargo ship to the International Space Station. Space...
WATCH: Dancing Water Droplets Rock Out On Space Station

WATCH: Dancing Water Droplets Rock Out On Space Station

Jacqueline Howard  05. 5.2012
Watching water droplets dance is cool, but watching water droplets rock out in space is even cooler. NASA astronaut Donald R. Pettit does...