SpaceX plans to send its Dragon spacecraft to dock with the space station, perhaps as soon as Monday 7th May. If successful this will be a m...

SpaceX is an innovative space launch company with a number of impressive 'firsts' to their name and a large order book of reservatio...

The Mercury Messenger probe is intended to make a long burn to decelerate into Mercury orbit tomorrow (Thursday 17th March). If successful t...

It was a privilege to be able to watch SpaceX's live webcast of the launch of their first Dragon capsule. This is a unique achievement,...

Most people are aware that the American Space Shuttle fleet is being retired. The last flight is currently scheduled for next year, 2011. Af...

Here's a fine video beautifully put together with excellent music and sound effects. Mike Interbartalo edited imagery of the Space Shutt...

What, you may ask, is ' Fomalhaut b '? If you are interested in astronomy you will already know. Fomalhaut b is a planet circling on...

Yesterday was a very special day. Elon Musk's company, SPACEX, launched a small rocket and carried a dummy payload into Earth orbit. So...

Some spacecraft have trajectories that are slightly unexpected. Something has speeded them up or slowed them down - but what? Current metho...

NASA has done something amazing. One of their spacecraft has made a movie of the Moon passing in front of the Earth as it orbits our plan...