Cape Canaveral

Orbital Sciences prepares rocket for closely watched NASA mission

2013-04-16 05:00:00

On a little-known launch pad off the coast of Virginia, a team of about 200 engineers and technicians is readying a 13-story rocket for its maiden flight to space in a test mission for NASA. The Antares rocket, developed by Orbital Sciences Corp., is...

SpaceX capsule set to return from orbit, splash down in Pacific

2013-03-25 14:00:00

After spending more than three weeks docked with the International Space Station, SpaceX’s Dragon space capsule is ready to return to Earth and splash down Tuesday in the Pacific Ocean. NASA Television will provide coverage of Dragon's departure...

SpaceX splashdown: Capsule returns 2,668 pounds of science samples

2013-03-26 10:41:00

Less than 250 miles west of Baja California, SpaceX's Dragon capsule successfully splashed down Tuesday after spending more than three weeks in outer space on a NASA mission. When the cone-shaped unmanned capsule hit the water at 9:34 a.m. PDT, it...

SpaceX launches to space station, but experiences problem in orbit

2013-03-01 08:39:00

On an overcast morning, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and sped through the clouds Friday on its way to the International Space Station. However, about 12 minutes into the NASA resupply...

Watch SpaceX launch rocket from Cape Canaveral on resupply mission

2013-03-01 05:00:00

Hawthorne-based SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is on the launch pad ready to blast off at 7:10 a.m. Pacific time from Cape Canaveral, Fla., to begin a resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. If you want to watch the launch, check...

SpaceX set to launch supply rocket to space station on Friday

2013-02-25 11:35:00

Hawthorne-based rocket maker SpaceX is targeting Friday as the launch date for the next NASA cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station. The company, formally known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., performed a successful resupply...

VES Awards 2013 winners & nominees

2013-01-07 08:00:00

Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" | Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Eric Saindon, Kevin L. Sherwood "Prometheus" | Paul Butterworth, Charley Henley, Allen Maris, Richard Stammers "Life of...

Dr. William F. House dies at 89; championed cochlear implant

2012-12-12 16:13:00

Dr. William F. House, a dentist-turned-ear specialist who 50 years ago defied the medical establishment and many advocates for the hearing impaired to champion an implantable device, now widely accepted, that made everyday sounds audible to the profoundly...

Air Force set to blast off another secretive space drone

2012-12-11 06:00:00

An experimental robotic space plane developed for the Air Force is slated to launch Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, fueling an ongoing mystery about its hush-hush payload and overall mission. Air Force officials offered few details about the mission....

Cleanliness is key for robotic space explorers

2012-12-22 17:12:00

WATERTON CANYON, Colo. — The concrete-floored room looks, at first glance, like little more than a garage. There is a red tool chest, its drawers labeled: "Hacksaws." "Allen wrenches." There are stepladders and vise grips. There is also, at one...

Shuttle Endeavour readied for voyage to final home in Los Angeles

2012-09-14 12:44:11

Weather pushes space shuttle Endeavour's L.A. arrival to Friday

2012-09-17 16:42:58

A full moon sets behind a replica of "Friendship7" spacecraft Friday, April 26,2013 located in the rocket garden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex. Friendship 7 launched from Cape Canaveral February 20, 1962 carrying pilot John Glenn which was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit earth.

2013-04-26 00:00:00

"Abandon in Place," a 1980 acrylic on canvas by Martin Hoffman, combines elements from different sites: a wrecked car Hoffman saw in New York, an abandoned launch site at Cape Canaveral, and surfers at New Smyrna Beach.

2013-03-12 14:45:00

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Friday, March 1, 2013 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for its second resupply mission to the international space station.

2013-03-01 00:00:00