Dropship offers safe landings for Mars rovers

The dramatic conclusion to ESA’s latest StarTiger project: a ‘dropship’ quadcopter steers itself to lower a…

Canadian astronauts grounded from space station till at least 2017, NASA says

MONTREAL — Unless Canada makes a lot more contributions to the International Space Station, it could…

Canadian astronauts grounded from space station till at least 2017, NASA says

MONTREAL — Unless Canada makes a lot more contributions to the International Space Station, it could…

Canadian astronauts grounded from space station till at least 2017, NASA says

MONTREAL — Unless Canada makes a lot more contributions to the International Space Station, it could…

Ocean on Saturn Moon Could be as Salty as the Dead Sea

Scientists analyzing data from NASA’s Cassini mission have firm evidence the ocean inside Saturn's largest moon,…

NASA Launches New Carbon-Sensing Mission to Monitor Earth’s Breathing

NASA successfully launched its first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide at 2:56 a.m. PDT…

Liftoff! OCO-2 Heads to Orbit

July 2, 2014 --  A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket launches with the Orbiting Carbon…

Artist’s impression showing ATV-5 approaching the ISS

Artist's impression showing the ATV-5 approaching the International Space Station (ISS). ESA’s fifth and last Automated…

Dropship with rover

The 'dropship' quadcopter and mockup rover used for testing ESA's latest StarTiger project, Dropter. The dropship steers…

Unboxing a spaceplane

Technology image of the week: The moment when ESA’s IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is removed from…