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NASA's Mars chief frets over heat shield for probe
So far, the scorecard for missions to Mars reads attempts 40, successes 14. Not so good. Well over 60 percent of Earth missions to Mars have failed, ...
Soyuz spacecraft lands safely in Kazakhstan
A Soyuz space capsule carrying a three-man multinational crew touched down safely Sunday on the southern steppes of Kazakhstan, bringing an end to ...
Chinese astronauts parachute land after mission
China's first female astronaut and two other crew members emerged smiling from a capsule that returned safely to Earth on Friday from a 13-day mission ...
Asteroid hunters want to launch private telescope
Who will protect us from a killer asteroid? A team of ex-NASA astronauts and scientists thinks it's up to them. In a bold plan unveiled Thursday, the ...
Saturn moon Titan may harbor ocean below surface
Scientists reported Thursday on the strongest sign yet that Saturn's giant moon may have a salty ocean beneath its chilly surface. If confirmed, it ...
Hispanics looking for November gains in US House
Jose Hernandez worked in farm fields with his Mexican-immigrant parents before becoming an astronaut. Iraq War veteran Julius Melendez is the third ...
Chinese spacecraft docks with orbiting module
A Chinese spacecraft carrying three astronauts docked manually with an orbiting module on Sunday, a first for the country as it strives to match ...
Solar plane makes 2nd attempt in Morocco flight
An experimental solar plane hoping to one day fly around the world tried again Thursday to fly over Morocco's Atlas Mountains after being thwarted a ...
Unmanned Air Force space plane lands in Calif.
An unmanned Air Force space plane steered itself to a landing early Saturday at a California military base, capping a 15-month clandestine mission.
AP PHOTOS: China sends first woman into space
China launched its most ambitious space mission yet on Saturday, carrying its first female astronaut and two male colleagues in an attempt to dock ...
China sends first woman into space
China launched its most ambitious space mission yet on Saturday, carrying its first female astronaut and two male colleagues in an attempt to dock ...
SpaceX founder talks Mars with Caltech grads
Fresh off SpaceX's historic return from the International Space Station, company founder Elon Musk said Friday that he would like to see humans settle ...
China sending first woman in space to test module
China will send its first woman and two other astronauts into space Saturday to work on a temporary space station for about a week, in a key step ...
NASA chief views history-making SpaceX capsule
Marred by just a few scorch marks from its re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere, the world's first commercial supply spacecraft to visit the ...