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SpaceX plans to launch ISS resupply mission from historic Nasa pad on 18 February
SpaceX said it plans to launch its Falcon 9 rockets every two to three weeks.
SpaceX plans to launch a rocket every two to three weeks from new Florida launch pad
The ambitious announcement comes on the heels of the successful return of SpaceX to flight in January.
Uber hires senior Nasa engineer to help develop flying cars
Last year, Uber published a white paper on developing vertical take-off and landing vehicles.
Martian mystery deepens as Curiosity rover finds CO2 levels not high enough for liquid water
NASA scientists say that a greenhouse gas effect from carbon dioxide couldn't have warmed Mars enough to melt its ice.
Nasa Twins Study: 5 key differences between Scott and Mark Kelly after a year in space
Preliminary results show long-duration space travel has several major effects on the human body.
BBC takes one small step into VR with Nasa-inspired virtual spacewalk
Home: A VR Spacewalk puts you on a space station 250 miles above earth.
Nasa's Cassini spacecraft captures stunning images of Saturn's rings in unprecedented detail
The Cassini mission will come to a halt this year but it has already greatly improved scientists' knowledge of the sixth planet from the Sun.
The story of Felicette the 'astrocat' - the little French cat who became the first feline in space
She had to undergo spaceflight training before a successful mission in 1963.
50 years after Apollo 1 fire, Nasa remembers its first space mission tragedy
The Apollo 1 mission was slated to be NASA's first manned mission to the moon.
Government scientists launch 'rogue' Twitter accounts to 'spread the truth' and defy President Trump
"We need peer-reviewed, evidence-based research more than ever now," the @RogueNASA account tweeted.
Asteroid the size of a house to whiz past Earth just days after being discovered
The 45ft asteroid travelling at 16,600mph will pass earth at a distance of 162,252 miles.
'Last man on the moon' US astronaut Eugene Cernan dies aged 82
He was spacecraft commander on his third and most famous space mission on Apollo 17.
Hidden Figures star Octavia Spencer block books cinema to host free screening for low-income families
Taraji P Henson shared her praise for Spencer and the Martin Luther King weekend event on Instagram.
Octavia Spencer gives single mums free cinema tickets to see Hidden Figures
The actress received a Global Globe nomination for her role as Dorothy Vaughan in the biopic film.
Watch International Space Station astronauts conduct second spacewalk in 2017 to upgrade power system
This was astronauts Shane Kimbrough's fourth and Thomas Pesquet's first spacewalk.
Near miss for Earth as asteroid the size of a house streaks past at 10 miles per second
Astronomers say asteroid 2017 AG13 had similar destructive potential as Chelyabinsk strike in 2013.
Nasa reveals deep-space 'treasure trove' of supermassive black holes
X-rays and data from the Hubble Telescope show the densest cluster of black holes ever observed.
The famous 'global warming hiatus' of the early 21st Century never existed, new data confirm
NOAA's scientists weren't cooking the books, the independent data suggests.
Nasa is set to make a big announcement about its next Discovery mission
Space agency will discuss its future plans for space explorations that will 'unlock mysteries of the solar system'.
British astronaut Piers Sellers dies of pancreatic cancer at 61
The spacewalk veteran said he was living life at "20 times normal speed" after finding out he had terminal illness.
Great British Take Off: Pie lovers launch meat and potato pastry into space
The savoury treat's space odyssey was recorded on camera.
It's up to scientists to call Trump out if he tramples on evidence, Obama official says
As Nasa's Earth science programmes are in the firing line, scientists protest against burying evidence.
EmDrive: Chinese space agency to put controversial tech onto satellites 'as soon as possible'
Chinese government confirms it has been funding EmDrive research since 2010 and believes in its benefits.
Trump wants to scrap Nasa's Earth science research – polar bears, lions and reindeer could suffer
Nasa's Earth science research is looking vulnerable, and the species it monitors are looking worse.
Changeable weather on a giant exoplanet is observed for the first time
The hot gas giant planet HAT-P-7 b is a gas giant and could have enormous storm systems like Jupiter's.
Nasa teams up with Stephen Hawking to help prepare tiny spacecraft for epic 20-year journey
Nasa is brainstorming to prevent cosmic radiation from damaging a nano-starship on a 20-year long journey.
John Glenn: Five things that defined the last American hero
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth, the oldest man in space and once ran for president.
In pictures: John Glenn – first American in orbit and world's oldest astronaut
The last surviving member of the original seven American 'Right Stuff' Mercury astronauts, has died at the age of 95.
Major Tom, can you see me? Here's why astronauts suffer from eye problems after long missions
Understanding what causes visual impairment in astronauts is key to mount a mission to Mars.
Astronauts could use frozen lake discovered on Mars for drinking water
A vast, shallow repository of ice has been discovered in a convenient spot for landing and living on the Red Planet.