Jessica PhelanMarch 29, 2013 09:00

While the usual flight path involves orbiting the Earth some 40 times before docking, Russian engineers have developed a new steering technique that allow spacecraft to make the journey in just four orbits.

Samantha StainburnMarch 22, 2013 14:57

Asteroid deflection spacecraft due to launch in 2019

A European-led mission to test a dramatic method of deflecting asteroids hurtling towards Earth is scheduled to launch in 2019.

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The giant asteroid Vesta is seen in an image taken from the NASA Dawn spacecraft about 3,200 miles above the surface on July 24, 2011. (NASA/JPL-Caltec via/Getty Images)

Didymos asteroids, we're coming for you.

Dennis Tito, millionaire space tourist, to announce private 2018 trip to Mars

Samantha StainburnFebruary 23, 2013 14:10

"This 'Mission for America' will generate new knowledge, experience and momentum for the next great era of space exploration," officials for Tito’s nonprofit organization the Inspiration Mars Foundation wrote in a press release this week.

Moon passes close to Jupiter in rare celestial encounter

Faine GreenwoodFebruary 18, 2013 12:16

If you saw a particularly dazzling star near the moon on Sunday or Monday night, don't panic: it wasn't yet another meteorite, it was just Jupiter.

Jessica PhelanFebruary 15, 2013 08:08

Chatter: Meteor hits Earth. No, really.

An exploding meteor injures hundreds in Russia, Oscar Pistorius is charged with murder, the cruise ship from hell finally reaches shore, and a lesson in why you should leave dogs just as nature made them.

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Graphic. (Antler Agency/GlobalPost)

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster remembered 10 years later (PHOTOS)

Samantha StainburnFebruary 1, 2013 12:24

"The Lord definitely healed our hearts tremendously, but it's a lifelong process," Commander Rick Husband's widow told CNN. "I don't think that pain ever completely goes away."

South Korea launches first space rocket, puts satellite in orbit

Jessica PhelanJanuary 30, 2013 09:34

The pressure was on to catch up with North Korea, which put its first satellite into orbit last month.

Opportunity rover: 9 years on Mars

Samantha StainburnJanuary 25, 2013 20:50

"Opportunity is still in very good health, especially considering what it's gone through," John Callas, manager of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover project, told ABC News.

Cosmic radiation accelerates Alzheimer's: study

Samantha StainburnJanuary 1, 2013 15:33

"This study shows for the first time that exposure to radiation levels equivalent to a mission to Mars could produce cognitive problems and speed up changes in the brain that are associated with Alzheimer's disease," study author Kerry O'Banion, a neuroscientist at the University of Rochester Medical Center, said in a statement, according to Space.com.

Russia to increase space program budget to nearly $70B for 2013-2020

Samantha StainburnDecember 30, 2012 19:34

"The program will enable our country to effectively participate in forward-looking projects, such as the International Space Station (ISS), the study of the Moon, Mars and other celestial bodies in the solar system," Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said, according to Reuters.