In the future, SpaceX intends to fly to Mars every 26 months when Earth and the Red Planet are favourably aligned, says Elon Musk.
An explosion destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket belonging to Elon Musk's SpaceX during preparations for a routine test at Cape Canaveral.
With three stars in its system, this massive planet would experience triple sunrises and triple sunsets during one season and all daylight in another.
A three-member multinational crew blasted off aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket for a two-day trip to the International Space Station.
Nasa's Juno spacecraft capped a five-year journey to Jupiter with a do-or-die engine burn to sling itself into orbit. [VIDEO]
NASA's BEAM habitat will be sent to the International Space Station in a capsule to test its adaptability in space.
The Falcon 9 rocket was less than two minutes from blast-off when the launch team aborted the countdown.
A US science satellite slated to launch to Mars in March has been grounded due to a leak in a key research instrument.
Nasa had hoped to have the station outfitted with two new berthing slips before the end of the year.
Scientists have learned that Mars had all the ingredients thought to be necessary for life.
A key instrument on a $1-billion Nasa satellite has failed, reducing the ability to capture data to measure the moisture in Earth's soil.
SpaceX plans to keep its Falcon 9 rocket grounded longer than planned following a launch accident in June.
Buzz Aldrin, one of the first people to land on the moon, will spearhead a new institute aimed at paving a path toward Mars exploration.
Sea levels worldwide rose an average of nearly 8cm since 1992, the result of warming waters and melting ice, a panel of scientists said.
An unmanned cargo ship blasted off from southern Japan with food, water and gear needed to keep the ISS and its crew functioning.
Astronomers have taken a photograph of a baby planet beyond the solar system that may reveal clues as to how planets are formed. [VIDEO]
The US has extended its contract with Russia to fly astronauts to the International Space Station due to budget cuts.
Information collected by Europe's Philae spacecraft is reshaping scientists' thinking about these icy bodies called comets.
Investigators cited inadequate training of test pilots as a leading factor behind last year's fatal crash of Virgin Galactic passenger spaceship.
Analysis shows distinct layers of haze in Pluto's nitrogen, carbon monoxide and methane atmosphere.
Hopes of finding life elsewhere in the universe have been boosted by a new discovery.
A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a three-man crew bound for the International Space Station has blasted off.
A faulty metal brace in an unmanned SpaceX rocket likely triggered the explosion that destroyed it, says Elon Musk.
New pictures relayed by the first spacecraft to visit Pluto show odd polygon-shaped features and smooth hills in an crater-free plain.
About 13 hours after its closest approach to Pluto, the last major unexplored body in the solar system, New Horizons phoned home.