The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is due to lift off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday.
Virgin Galactic's new spaceplane blasted through the sky on Thursday after firing its rocket engine for the first time.
The self-taught rocket scientist launched himself high in to the air over the Mojave Desert on Saturday.
Rather than ramming or nuking a large space rock, scientists have suggested simply covering it in paint.
NASA is working with US nuclear authorities to develop a spacecraft that can nuke dangerous space rocks.
New footage has been released showing the Space Launch System engine reaching 113 percent thrust level.
The space rock known as 'Oumuamua is thought to have been tumbling around chaotically for billions of years.
The world's most powerful rocket has successfully blasted off in to the heavens on its first test flight.
The first test launch of Elon Musk's next generation rocket is set to take place in just over a week.
The mysterious space rock contains micro-mineral compounds found nowhere else in the solar system.
Code-named Zuma, the secretive satellite was launched in to orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday night.
The SpaceX CEO has posted up images of his Tesla Roadster mounted inside the rocket's nose cone.
The disconcertingly-shaped space rock was last seen hurtling past our planet back in October 2015.
SpaceX has unveiled images of the 'world's most powerful rocket' ahead of its maiden voyage next month.
Private space firm Blue Origin has completed a successful test launch of its rocket and crew capsule.
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg has stated that the first human on Mars will have got there on a Boeing rocket.
The maiden voyage of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will carry Musk's own Tesla Roadster in to space.
Self-taught rocket scientist 'Mad' Mike Hughes is hoping to reach 1,800ft in his own steam-powered rocket.
A series of names carved in to the rocks of Dalhousie Mountain are thought to date back over 100 years.
Elon Musk is hoping to land the first astronauts on the surface of Mars within as little as seven years.