In PHOTOS: Juno takes off to Jupiter

United States space agency NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Friday to begin a five-year journey to Jupiter.Juno's detailed study......

NASA sending MESSENGER to Mercury

America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration is getting ready to send a spacecraft to Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun.The MESSENGER spacecraft will be launched into space from......

NASA's new spacecraft follows India's Mangalyan to Mars

Two weeks after India successfully launched its maiden Mars mission, America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration has launched a new spacecraft to orbit the red planet to probe how it......

Explosion rocks SpaceX in Florida during pre-launch test

An explosion rocked a SpaceX launch site on Thursday during a routine rocket test. SpaceX was conducting a test firing of its unmanned rocket when the blast occurred shortly after 9 am, according......