Recent tests suggest a mission called MoonLITE might be the first to crash into an extraterrestrial object and survive to carry on measurements
Breaking News - 17:12 09 June 2008
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'Lunar concrete' – made from Moon dust, carbon nanotubes and epoxy – could be coated with aluminium to make mirrors on the Moon
Breaking News - 23:47 04 June 2008
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Superconducting magnets could one day allow multiple spacecraft to fly in formation – a requirement for many next-generation science missions
Breaking News - 19:46 06 May 2008
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A proposed space telescope focuses light primarily with a patterned sheet of metal – though challenging to build, it could outperform Hubble
Breaking News - 18:08 01 May 2008
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The troubled spacecraft's last reaction wheel, which helps point the craft, has failed - it may not be able to limp back to Earth as planned
Breaking News - 05:00 14 April 2008
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Expert technicians have melted and spun 24 tonnes of glass to make an 8.4-metre mirror for the ambitious Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
Breaking News - 17:17 07 April 2008
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A new report lists a litany of problems with the space shuttle's successor; NASA says it can solve at least one – potentially fatal vibrations
Breaking News - 17:32 04 April 2008
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Future lunar colonists could live nomadic lives with gargantuan, turtle-like robots that could drive – or walk – across the Moon's surface
Breaking News - 15:30 04 April 2008
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Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle reels itself towards the station for a perfect – and completely autonomous – docking
Breaking News - 17:55 03 April 2008
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On Thursday, Europe's first Automated Transfer Vehicle will attempt the most autonomous manoeuvre in space to date
Breaking News - 18:00 02 April 2008
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Last week, the agency requested $4 million in cuts to its popular rover mission – it will now take the money from another programme
Breaking News - 17:37 25 March 2008
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Most plants can't grow in the tough soil, but resilient cyanobacteria found in hot springs can – a trait future lunar colonists could exploit
Breaking News - 00:53 14 March 2008
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After working through the night, engineers have restarted an electronics box that had shut itself off on the new Automated Transfer Vehicle
Breaking News - 16:12 11 March 2008
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The 'Jules Verne' will dock with the space station without human help and boasts three times the capacity of existing cargo ships
Breaking News - 18:11 09 March 2008
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NASA and the European Space Agency are now moving three spacecraft into position to watch over the landing of NASA's Phoenix probe in May
Breaking News - 22:54 28 February 2008
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The Planetary Society, a non-profit group, hopes the prize will spur space agencies to develop plans to protect Earth from potential impacts
Breaking News - 23:02 26 February 2008
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A plan to fire a missile at a failed spy satellite from a US Navy ship on Wednesday may be delayed due to rough seas
Breaking News - 21:24 20 February 2008
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A ship-launched missile will use heat-seeking technology to aim for the failed spy satellite's fuel tank
Breaking News - 20:44 20 February 2008
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NASA will pay the firm up to $170 million to develop a rocket and spacecraft that could carry cargo to the space station
Breaking News - 14:42 20 February 2008
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The Pentagon will modify interceptors used in its mid-range missile defense system – software tweaks are needed to hit the high-speed satellite
Breaking News - 23:22 14 February 2008
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In its 2009 budget proposal to Congress, the agency commits to a $3 billion-class mission to the solar system's icy moons
Breaking News - 02:56 05 February 2008
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NASA's decision to cut ties with spaceship developer Rocketplane Kistler is officially upheld, clearing the way for a new partnership
Breaking News - 21:12 01 February 2008
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The company is one step closer to creating a reusable, heavy-lift launcher after a successful multi-engine test of its Falcon 9 rocket
Breaking News - 21:28 29 January 2008
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A telescope in the stratosphere could deliver images of alien worlds impossible to see from the ground – for very low cost
Breaking News - 17:37 11 January 2008
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Astronauts will not only install two new instruments but will also fix two broken ones in an upcoming shuttle mission
Breaking News - 17:58 08 January 2008
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No major X-ray missions have been approved since 1999, but that could change if Europe launches a proposed observatory called XEUS in 2018
Breaking News - 21:53 01 November 2007
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An Armadillo Aerospace rocket engine explodes in a fireball, dashing the company's hopes of winning $1.35 million in NASA prize money
Breaking News - 17:03 29 October 2007
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Rocketplane Global unveils its new design for a space plane - it is roomier than a previous concept but will require seat belts at all times
Breaking News - 22:31 26 October 2007
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Armadillo Aerospace stands to win $1.35 million at the upcoming X Prize Cup – it is the sole entrant in NASA's lunar lander contest
Breaking News - 18:04 26 October 2007
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Lawyers for a UK man accused of hacking into NASA – reportedly to find out if aliens existed – say extraditing him would breach his human rights
Breaking News - 16:09 22 October 2007
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The agency ends an agreement with Rocketplane Kistler, one of two firms it had funded to develop supply ships for the space station
Breaking News - 23:34 18 October 2007
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The US should spend $10 billion to build a test satellite to collect solar energy and beam it to Earth, a new Pentagon report argues
Breaking News - 16:46 11 October 2007
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When nine different techniques to ward off dangerous asteroids were compared, space-based mirrors were the fairest of them all
Breaking News - 22:42 09 October 2007
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Officials decide the 24.5-m Giant Magellan Telescope will be built in central Chile - it will be the world's largest if it beats other projects to completion
Breaking News - 19:15 04 October 2007
