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Elon Musk's pet dog inspires young girl's design for Polaris Dawn zero-g indicator
A privately-funded space crew aiming to set several records in orbit may not include the first child in space, but they have her hopes, wishes and furry spacesuit-clad creation aboard.
SpaceX's historic private Polaris Dawn astronaut launch lights up predawn sky (photos)
SpaceX launched the history-making Polaris Dawn mission early this morning, and the nighttime launch made for some incredible imagery.
Just how dark is the universe? NASA's New Horizons probe gives us best estimate yet
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which flew by Pluto in 2015, has offered the best-yet estimates of how dark deep space truly is.
China plans to build moon base at the lunar south pole by 2035
The first phase of China's moon base will be completed around 2035 near the lunar south pole, and an extended model will be built by about 2050, if all goes according to plan.
SpaceX launches Polaris Dawn astronauts to attempt world's 1st-ever private spacewalk (video)
SpaceX launched the four-person Polaris Dawn mission to orbit on Tuesday (Sept. 10) to carry out the first spacewalk ever performed by private astronauts.
NASA's Europa Clipper probe to icy Jupiter moon takes big step toward its Oct. 10 launch
NASA's Europa Clipper astrobiology probe passed a major technical review today (Sept. 9), keeping the highly anticipated mission on track for its planned Oct. 10 launch.
Astronauts would have been fine on Boeing's Starliner during landing, NASA says
With Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is safely back on Earth, NASA says Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams could have returned onboard.
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn astronauts will make a daring trek into Earth's Van Allen radiation belt
SpaceX's trailblazing Polaris Dawn mission will make a daring trek into Earth orbit, one that will ferry the crew through belts of radiation wrapped around our planet.
