SpaceX has a reputation for coming up with clever, catchy names for its seafaring vessels and spacecraft. Here's a look at a ...

Artemis 2 won't land on or orbit the moon. But it will be the first crewed mission to reach the lunar neighborhood since ...

Spacecraft have some of the coolest names in the galaxy — from sleek probes and rovers to star-hopping vessels in sci-fi blockbusters. Some names are etched into history — like Voyager, which is still ...

A space probe flying past Mars captured images of the red planet's small, mysterious moon. While on a flyby of Mars, Hera was able to use three of its imaging instruments to capture images of Deimos, ...

China has launched a space probe that will travel to an asteroid near Mars to collect samples and find potential "groundbreaking" results. The Tianwen-2 probe launched Thursday from the Xichang ...

On February 10th, 2020, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Solar Orbiter space probe from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Over five years later, Solar Orbiter has now delivered photos of the Sun’s ...

A comet-chasing space probe woke up from hibernation on Monday, after scientists waited an agonizing several hours for the craft’s signal to reach earth. The probe Rosetta was switched back on at 11 a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In 1972, the Soviet Union launched a pair of space probes destined ...

The asteroid's neck, or "collum," — which joins the two lobes — has been named Windover. The name comes from the Windover Archaeological Site, which is near Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in ...

Is Falcon 9 named for 'Star Wars?' How do Iain M. Banks novels influence the names of SpaceX's drone ships? It's not just spacecraft and sea vessels that are branded with SpaceX's signature catchy ...

SpaceX is famous for plenty of reasons. First and, perhaps, foremost, is the company's mercurial and headline-grabbing founder – billionaire Elon Musk, who happens to be the world's richest man. Then ...