Nasa's test run of a Mars landing system came to a quick end when the saucer-shaped vehicle's parachute tore away.
Using joysticks with haptic pressure, two men were able to shake hands 5,000 miles away from each other.
Nasa says nuclear fusion and solar power could cut Mars journey times from 8 months down to four months.
Mars One has admitted that only 4,227 people completed its applications as they had to pay admin fees.
It is 50 years since astronaut Edward Higgins White became the first American to step into space.
A helium balloon carrying a saucer-shaped Nasa spacecraft is set for take-off on Tuesday (2 June) to test Mars landings.
Nasa is challenging designers to create sustainable housing using 3D printing and recyclable materials.
Shrinkage of ancient ice shelf blamed on global warming and could increase breakup of glaciers.
Surveillance probe can monitor each country's emissions and help reduce global levels of carbon dioxide and methane gas
Melting in climate change has been 'relentless,' says researcher
The reason matter won over antimatter and led to the present creation is explained by the fields.
EmDrive inventor Roger Shawyer says he definitely hasn't invented a 'warp drive' faster than the speed of light
Kerberos and Styx pictured for the first time as New Horizons prepares for Pluto flyby.
The Planetary Society's LightSail project is set to realize Sagan's vision after 40 years.
NASA's FINDER device locates four Nepal earthquake survivors buried beneath 10 feet of rubble.
NASA's Greased Lightning GL-10 would make a great UAV for surveillance or a small passenger vehicle
Cristoforetti used the world's first space espresso machine and tweets results.
Blue Origin, a start-up space company owned by Jeff Bezos, launched an experimental suborbital spaceship from Texas.
NASA's Messenger probe runs out of fuel and crashes into Mercury, ending 11-year mission
EmDrive inventor Shawyer says many companies are working on the technology besides Nasa.
Nasa has tested an electromagnetic propulsion drive in a vacuum and sent beams faster than the speed of light.
This confirms that alien life forms are continually entering the Earth's stratosphere from space, researcher tells IBTimes UK.