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Last week's crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, which killed one test pilot and injured another, brought criticism that the company is merely a provider of space safaris for the rich—one that's not worth dying for.
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I have a new favorite science fiction movie. I thought it would never happen, but someone finally made a smart, exciting, beautiful and inspiring science fiction film that does 1968's 2001: A Space Odyssey one better. Interstellar is full of strong
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Mad Science Innovation covers science fiction coming true—the people, projects, and organizations making it happen, as well as how they are getting it done...Your host, Michael Belfiore, is an author and journalist reporting on the innovations shap
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SpaceShipTwo's wings changed position prematurely and seemingly without full pilot input shortly before it broke apart in flight, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The vehicle's two tail wings are supposed to be moved
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On Oct. 31, 2014, the space tourism company Virgin Galactic suffered a serious accident during a SpaceShipTwo test flight, resulting in the loss of the spacecraft. One pilot died in the crash, while another suffered injuries. Scroll Down for our full
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On Oct. 31, 2014, the space tourism company Virgin Galactic suffered a serious accident during a SpaceShipTwo test flight, resulting in the loss of the spacecraft. One pilot died in the crash, while another suffered injuries. Scroll Down for our full
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The fatal crash of SpaceShipTwo might end Sir Richard Branson's vision of the future, but not the commercial space flight industry. Here's why.
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As the National Transportation Safety Board takes the lead role in investigating the crash of SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson says the space-tourism venture would still "love to finish what we started."
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The rocket explosion that destroyed a cargo vessel bound for the International Space Station Tuesday (Oct. 28) also took out an asteroid-mining company's first spacecraft.
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Pilots in Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Crash Named
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On Oct. 28, 2014, a commercial Antares rocket built by Orbital Sciences Corporation exploded just after liftoff at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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During a test flight over the Mojave Desert today, Virgin Galactic's spaceship suffered a "serious anomaly" and apparently broke up at altitude with two pilots on-board.
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This is not shaping up to be a good week for commercial spaceflight.
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Richard Branson's plane meant to carry tourists into space never tested a new engine using new fuel before it flew—and exploded—over California on Friday.
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One of the two pilots who were aboard Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo during yesterday's test flight accident is dead.
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One person died and another was injured Friday when Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo test flight failed following what the company described as a "serious anomaly."
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A robotic Russian supply ship delivered nearly 3 tons of cargo to the International Space Station on Wednesday, just hours after a commercial U.S. rocket exploded while attempting a similar mission.
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The private spaceflight company SpaceX is hoping to bring a rocket back from space and land it on a giant, floating platform in the middle of the ocean, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Friday (Oct. 24).
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Some people choose to honor the memory of a lost loved one by doing something creative with their ashes.
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At a press conference arranged only a few hours after the event, NASA released details of the explosion of the Antares rocket carrying the unmanned Cygnus supply ship to the International Space Station (ISS).
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What could darken so much of an 80 million-square-mile storm?
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An unmanned rocket exploded shortly after takeoff Tuesday evening on Virginia's eastern shore. Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket was carrying thousands of pounds of equipment to restock the International Space Station. The launch was supposed t
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Yesterday at MIT's AeroAstro Centennial Symposium, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said his company will make a first attempt to land the booster stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating platform during the upcoming ISS resupply mission.
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, Mars Rover Opportunity and two Mars orbiters – the MAVEN and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter – have captured stunning images of Comet Siding Spring as it made its closest approach to the Red Planet on October 19,
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Thermonuclear fireball roars out at 1.3 MEEELLION mph.
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With pioneering companies like Space Adventures, Virgin Galactic and XCOR vying to launch average folks skyward, it seems like almost anyone can have the right stuff.
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The 4M spacecraft, launched aboard a Chinese rocket, will be sending signals to anyone willing to listen.
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The warped astrophysics of interstellar
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A rover built for the Google Lunar X Prize competition could let astronauts do their job from Earth.
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SpaceX founder Elon Musk has made it no secret that he plans to go to Mars, and it looks like he's giving NASA's ambitions about the Red Planet a bit of a boost along the way.
