Scientists surprised by solar wind data retrieved from Genesis mission

The 2004 crash-landing of a NASA capsule into the deserts of Utah had mission scientists fearing for a while that samples collected by the Genesis mission, sent to capture particles from the sun’s solar wind, were lost to science.

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NASA marks 50th anniversary of manned US space flight

The United States space program was down and out when Alan Shepard climbed inside a one-man capsule on May 5, 1961, for a 15-minute ride.

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• Astronaut has $15 billion plan to mine the moon
• NASA’s Dawn probe closes in on giant asteroid
• Shuttle launch delayed until May 10
• Russia celebrates Gagarin’s conquest of space

NASA’s Dawn probe closes in on giant asteroid

The Dawn space probe is closing in on its first target, the massive asteroid Vesta, almost four years after its journey began in September 2007, NASA said Tuesday.

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Astronaut has $15 billion plan to mine the moon

The last man to set foot on the moon wants to go back, only this time to mine a rare element used in the production of fusion energy -a waste-free form of nuclear energy that could help power the planet in the 21st century.

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Shuttle launch delayed until May 10

NASA is pushing back from May 8 to May 10 its target for the already delayed launch of space shuttle Endeavour on its last flight to the International Space Station, officials said Monday.

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Cheap technology puts exploration within reach of amateur rocketeers

As hundreds of spectators in VIP seats, on rooftops and along beaches gathered to watch space shuttle Discovery's final launch from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 24, another observer watched from a vantage point 33 kilometres above the Earth.

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• Shuttle launch delayed at least until Monday
• Rocket man