Powerful weather satellite launched for hurricane-hunting duty
The latest GOES satellite will play a critical role in tracking hurricanes and other dangerous storms across North America.
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The latest GOES satellite will play a critical role in tracking hurricanes and other dangerous storms across North America.
A metal support used to mount old batteries on a cargo pallet for disposal tore through the house in Naples, Florida on March 8.
NASA plans to hold a formal re-entry readiness review before setting a new landing target date.
A dramatic cosmic explosion is expected this summer. NASA says the event will be visible to even the naked eye.
William Anders, who snapped one of the most iconic images of the space age, was killed when his small plane went down off the coast of Washington state.
The Starliner's launch was picture-perfect, but additional helium leaks were detected, triggering another round of troubleshooting.
The spacecraft, part of the Chang'e moon exploration program, will collect soil and rock samples.
Nearly a month after a frustrating launch scrub, the Starliner and its two-person crew were initially cleared for a second attempt to reach orbit.
The orbits of six planets will bring them to the same side of the sun to create a "planetary parade" in early June.
Ed Dwight trained to become the first African American astronaut but was never asked to join NASA. He finally flew into space on Sunday.
Ongoing work to resolve a persistent helium leak has pushed the first piloted Starliner flight back at least four more days, to May 25.
Millions of Americans looked to the night sky and snapped magical photos and videos of the northern lights this past weekend during the momentous geomagnetic storm.
The forecasted conditions come after a weekend of jaw-dropping northern lights seen as far south as Florida and as "magnetically complex" sunspots bigger than Earth continue to emit solar flares.
The sunspot responsible for the odd series of strong solar flares is so big you can see it with your own eyes from Earth.
The planned piloted launch of Boeing's long-delayed Starliner crew ferry ship was called off with less than two hours to go before liftoff.
