Mars rover finds ancient streambed frozen in conglomerate rock

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has found outcrops of conglomerate rocks made up of eroded gravels that scientists believe were transported across the floor of Gale Crater by a "vigorous" flow of water. Read More...

European cargo ship undocking aborted

Trouble with a control panel aboard the Russian Zvezda command module prevented the planned undocking of an unmanned European cargo ship from the International Space Station Tuesday. Read More...

Hubble 'extreme deep field' captures oldest galaxies yet seen

A two-million-second time exposure using cameras aboard the Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of proto galaxies as they appeared just 450 million years after the big bang. Read More...

Shuttle Endeavour flies into retirement with final landing

Feeling the wind on its wings for the last time, the space shuttle Endeavour, bolted to the back of a NASA jumbo jet, closed out a three-day valedictory tour Friday, landing at Los Angeles International Airport. Read More...

Shuttle Endeavour makes final stop at Edwards AFB

The shuttle Endeavour, on its way to retirement in Los Angeles, flew from Houston to Edwards Air Force Base atop a 747 jumbo jet Thursday, dropping down for low passes over communities along the way.
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Curiosity poised for first 'hands-on' geology

The Curiosity Mars rover, more than halfway to its first scientific destination, is pausing for a few days to carry out its first hands-on geology, focusing on a pyramid-shaped rock known as 'Jake.' Read More...

Shuttle Endeavour heads for California (UPDATED)

Bolted to the back of a 747 jumbo jet, the space shuttle Endeavour took off on its final voyage Wednesday, a "bittersweet" valedictory tour on the way to museum duty in Los Angeles. Read More...

Shuttle Endeavour set for final flight to LA museum

The shuttle Endeavour was prepped for takeoff Wednesday on a cross-country tour atop a 747 transport jet, giving the public one last chance to see the orbiter in flight before transfer to a Los Angeles museum. Read More...

Soyuz TMA-04M lands in Kazakhstan

Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA flight engineer undocked from the International Space Station and fell back to Earth Sunday, making a pinpoint landing in Kazakhstan to close out a 125-day voyage. Read More...

Armstrong buried at sea

With his family looking on, Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, was buried at sea Friday. Read More...

Armstrong remembered as 'reluctant hero'

Neil Armstrong, the unassuming test pilot, family man and reluctant hero who will forever walk in history as the first man on the moon, was honored at the Washington National Cathedral Thursday. Read More...

Curiosity set to resume roving after robot arm tests

Engineers testing the Curiosity Mars rover are wrapping up a series of robot arm calibration and motion tests before resuming a slow trek toward a nearby rock formation this weekend. Read More...

Mars rover pauses for robot arm checkout

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, now about 270 feet from its landing site, is pausing for a week of robot arm tests and checkout before pressing on to Glenelg, an area where three types of rock come together.
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Realtime coverage of U.S. EVA-19

Spacewalkers Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide successfully re-installed an electrical switching unit on the space station's solar array truss Wednesday, restoring lost power to the lab complex (UPDATED). Read More...

Second spacewalk planned to finish aborted electrical work (UPDATED)

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide will venture back outside the International Space Station Wednesday for another attempt to install a replacement power switching unit (updated timeline). Read More...