Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield ready to take helm of International Space Station

How exactly does one train to be in charge of the $100 billion International Space Station,…

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield ready to take helm of International Space Station

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is set to become the first Canadian to command the space station…

Watch Curiosity Rover’s Descent in high definition

Bard Canning spent a month turning the low-resolution, four frames-per-second video from the Curiosity Rover’s fall…

What hit Jupiter? Anatomy of an impact story

Backyard observers Dan Peterson & George Hall were making routine images of the planet Jupiter, currently…

Russia May Seek Moon Base for Exploration, Deputy Premier Says

Russia should set up a permanent moon base as a launch-pad for space exploration, Deputy Prime…

35 years after launch, Voyager-1 raises questions about where solar system ends

Voyager-1 celebrates its 35th anniversary in space by opening a new controversy about where our solar…

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft departs Vesta

In the early morning hours of Sept. 5, 2012, NASA engineers commanded its Dawn spacecraft, currently…

NASA launches twin satellites to Earth’s treacherous radiation belts

Canadians are obsessed with the weather and, as a nation, we kind of have to be.…

Stuck bolt on space station stymies spacewalkers

NASA on Thursday halted attempts to replace a power device on the International Space Station after…

Rocket blasts off, puts NASA radiation belt probes in orbit

An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket lifted off on Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in…