'Touch The Sun': NASA Spacecraft Hurtles Toward Our Star
Altogether, the Parker probe will make 24 close approaches to our star during the seven-year, $1.5 billion journey.
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Altogether, the Parker probe will make 24 close approaches to our star during the seven-year, $1.5 billion journey.
NASA has tapped nine astronauts to become the first to launch to space from American soil since the Space Shuttle program was retired in 2011.
A woman is suing NASA over a gift she claims was given to her by the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong.
NASA and Uber have signed an agreement to explore putting flying taxis in the skies over US cities.
It likely won't get any easier for the seventh planet in our solar system as a new report has confirmed that Uranus does actually stink like bad gas.
An asteroid came alarmingly close to striking the Earth on April 15, just hours after the large space rock was spotted flying through the solar system.
Astronaut Jeanette Epps was supposed to rocket away in early June and would have been the first African-American to live at the ISS.
Legendary astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight, has died, NASA said Saturday. Young was 87.
The Canadian-built arm has been in orbit for 16 years. Engineers attribute recent trouble to wear and tear. The two latching mechanisms, one on each end of the arm, have been used nearly 400 times.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft disintegrated in the skies above Saturn early Friday in a final, fateful blaze of cosmic glory, following a remarkable journey of 20 years.
With Hurricane Irma bearing down on the Carribean, two other storms have also formed.
NASA is celebrating its 10 year anniversary of a launch of twin satellites headed to the sun.
A SpaceX Dragon capsule headed back to Earth on Friday with a load of science experiments and gear from the International Space Station.
The Perseid meteor shower is predicted to be an epic show overnight.
Soaring over Jupiter's poles, a NASA spacecraft arrived at the solar system's largest planet on a mission to peek behind the cloud tops.
A solar-powered spacecraft is spinning toward Jupiter for the closest encounter with the biggest planet in our solar system.
Astronomers say they have discovered the largest planet to date outside the solar system that orbits two stars.
Fittingly, a "dead" comet that is passing by Earth this Halloween looks a bit like a skull.
Vast areas of California's Central Valley are sinking faster than in the past as massive amounts of groundwater are pumped during the historic drought, NASA said in new research released Wednesday.
NASA meteor experts said that because the moon is almost new there shouldn't be moonlight to mess with the view.
Tiny spacecraft could be sent to distant stars by "sailing" on a beam of light emitted by a powerful, Earth-orbiting laser.
Scientists have identified the best bet yet for an Earth-like planet that might harbor life.
Scientists have released the first up-close images ever of Pluto and its big moon Charon. And they say they're amazed.
We've made it to Pluto by NASA's calculations, the last stop on a planetary tour of the solar system a half-century in the making.
Pluto, reveal thyself, and Earthlings, enjoy the show.
