Aerospace

A jet airliner leaves a vapor trail as the planet Mercury is seen, lower left quadrant, transiting across the face of the sun in Las Vegas

Earthlings Watch as Tiny Mercury Sails Past the Sun

Reuters 09/05/2016

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.: Tiny Mercury, the solar system’s innermost...

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Mercury: ‘First Rock From the Sun’ in Transit

David Rothery 05/05/2016

In every century there are only 13 or 14...

Newly Discovered Planets Could Boost Search for Life Beyond Earth

Irene Klotz 03/05/2016

The Earth-sized planets are orbiting their parent star, located...

A NASA image shows the International Space Station as it flew over Madagascar, showing three of the five spacecraft docked to the station in this photo taken by the Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA on April 6, 2016 and released on April 8, 2016. Credit: REUTERS/Tim Peake/ESA/NASA/Handout via Reuters

Five Human Spaceflight Missions to Look Forward to in the Next Decade

Chris Arridge 30/04/2016

The next decade will see a remarkable mix of...

An artist's conception of Hitomi in space. Source: JAXA

Japan’s Flagship Astronomy Satellite Declared Lost

The Wire Staff 29/04/2016

The satellite's marks the third failure for JAXA in...

The PSLV-XL, in its 13th mission and the PSLV's 35th overall, lifts off carrying the IRNSS 1G satellite. Source: ISRO

ISRO Launches Last Piece of India’s Own GPS-Lite

Sandhya Ramesh 28/04/2016

The IRNSS is expected to go live and functional...

Inside the Dragon capsule. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX Plans to Land Capsule on Mars in 2018

The Wire Staff 27/04/2016

The private spaceflight company also hinted that the capsules...