Space articles

• 

  Article

  NASA J-2X rocket engine enters second phase of testing

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 25, 2012 08:08 am + 7 comments

  NASA's next-generation J-2X rocket engine is ready for a second phase of testing, following a Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  SpaceX launching first commercial flight to International Space Station on May 7th

  By Sam Byford on April 25, 2012 05:08 am + 17 comments

  After a series of delays, SpaceX has confirmed the date of its inaugural test flight — May 7th is Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources details plans for space resource hunt

  By Adi Robertson on April 24, 2012 10:26 am + 50 comments

  Planetary Resources, the high-profile new company backed by Eric Schmidt, Larry Page, and James Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Larry Page, Eric Schmidt, and James Cameron will begin space mining operations by 2022, details later today

  By Jamie Keene on April 24, 2012 08:56 am + 119 comments

  As promised, Bellevue, Washington-based Planetary Resources is letting everyone else in its plans. Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Valkyrie robot could use lasers to cut through ice and explore the moons of Jupiter

  By Andrew Webster on April 20, 2012 09:37 am + 23 comments

  NASA-funded Stone Aerospace is developing a new kind of robot that could one day use lasers to cut Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Space Shuttle Discovery retires to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

  By T.C. Sottek on April 19, 2012 08:09 pm + 47 comments

  We were fortunate enough to be in attendance at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum today, Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Mystery company backed by James Cameron and Google executives may be an asteroid mining project

  By Adi Robertson on April 18, 2012 01:37 pm + 164 comments

  MIT's Technology Review has just gotten news of a mysterious new project that claims it will "create Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  MOSFIRE spectrometer gathers infrared light to study earliest galaxies

  By Amar Toor on April 12, 2012 01:10 am + 3 comments

  A team of researchers is nearing completion on a five-ton spectrometer that, once finalized, will Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  SpaceX wants to build a commercial spaceport in southern Texas

  By Adi Robertson on April 10, 2012 02:37 pm + 15 comments

  SpaceX, one of the companies building the next generation of American spacecraft, is apparently Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  NASA's Project Gemini remembered in photos fifty years after its inauguration

  By Nathan Ingraham on April 5, 2012 12:23 pm + 8 comments

  NASA's Project Gemini, the precursor to the Apollo missions that brought man to the moon, began 50 Continue reading…