The new launcher will be the most powerful ever built, capable of taking humans to the Moon and Mars.
The probes launched from Cape Canaveral on a mission to discover what's beneath the lunar surface.
The US military are to launch a test flight of a new experimental hypersonic unmanned aircraft.
Space shuttle Atlantis has launched successfully from Cape Canaveral for the very last time.
The last ever space shuttle launch is likely to be delayed due to rain and thunderstorms in Florida.
British food technologists are launching a type of long-life sandwich that stays fresh for weeks.
After 30 years of space shuttle launches next month will see the end of an era for manned space flight.
Copenhagen Suborbitals have successfully launched their HEAT-1X rocket over the Baltic Sea.
The aptly dubbed "Team Frankenstein" hope to construct a computer model of the human brain.
Two Italian entrepreneurs have launched a perfume inspired by the scent of human blood.
Burger King have launched a massive new gut-wrenching burger called the 'Meat Monster' in Japan.
Iran have successfully launched a capsule capable of carrying animals as part of their space program.
It is now possible to browse a selection of museums using another new service from Google.
Astronomers all over the world are focusing their telescopes to try and pick up evidence of alien life.
NASA engineers believe they can launch a low-cost robotic Moon mission within 1000 days.
Britain is launching a mission to search for signs of alien micro-organisms in the upper atmosphere.
A company in Russia have unveiled plans to build and launch an orbiting hotel for space tourists.
Scientists are hopeful that a space telescope to be launched in 2014 will be able to see oceans on other planets.
A successor to Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft could launch as early as 2014 to explore the origins of life.
The Mutual UFO Network has launched their own radio show hosted by paranormal skeptic Rick Wood.