The Atlantis landing at Kennedy Space Center in 2010.

Another giant leap towards a mission to Mars: expendable structures could be the next extraterrestrial breakthrough, as they weight less to launch and are more compact on the rocket. On arrival, they can be inflated to provide safe and sustainable living quarters, work spaces and laboratories for pe...

Meet SpaceX's Dragon V2 spacecraft, the next generation spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to Earth orbit and beyond.

NASA May Have Found the First Planet in Another Galaxy. “We know we are making an exciting and bold claim so we expect that other astronomers will look at it very carefully,” study co-author Julia Berndtsson of Princeton University said in a statement. “We think we have a strong argument, and this

After around 4 days since the Odysseus lander made contact with the Moon, we have finally received some actual images of the lander on the surface. This includes distant images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter along with some onboard cameras. Unfortunately, the quality is still far from idea

NASA Chief Just Announced A Serious WARNING About Betelgeuse Star Explosion! Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars that you can see in the night sky, and its eventual explosion is an event that NASA has been dreading for a while. Located on the shoulder of Orion, Betelgeuse is fast approaching t...

On the 26th of November 2011, the Mars Science Laboratory was launched from Cape Canaveral. This time lapse sequence shows a plume drifting against the background stars, probably caused by venting from the Centaur rocket after it carried out a burn over the Indian Ocean.

The European spacecraft Rosetta has become the first ever to catch up with a comet. It is a landmark step in a decade-long mission that scientists hope will help unlock some of the secrets of the solar system. Rosetta will accompany comet 67P/Churymov-Gerasimenko on its trip around the sun and land ...

Join NASA Psyche Mission Co-Investigator Dr. Tim McCoy as he takes us on a journey from his first geology class to his current role as Curator-in-Charge of the US National Meteorite Collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and his role on the Psyche Mission Science Team. Alon

Shuttle Endeavour's six astronauts have checked the systems they need to bring NASA's next-to-last space shuttle flight to an end. They are expected to land early Wednesday Morning June 1st, 2011.