Space News

The satellite is launching about two weeks later than previously scheduled because of the partial U.S. government shutdown in October.

Today: Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Mobility Unit (EMU) Resize: Following yesterday's EVA, the feed water switch on EMU 3010 was inadvertently switched on for 2-3 seconds....

Today: USOS Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #24: Flight Engineer (FE)-5 Mastracchio and FE-3 Hopkins successfully completed a 5 hour and 28 minute EVA....

Europe's Rosetta spacecraft is due to receive a wake-up call in January, ending its hibernation in preparation for an unprecedented mission to not only put itself into orbit around a comet, but also send a lander to the ...

The Aurora Borealis lit up the sky over the North Pole on Christmas Day, delivering a gift of its own with a spectacular show caught on camera by videographer Chad Blakley --

The change order, worth as much as $8.5 million, is to assure a new GPS military signal works with the satellite navigation constellation's next-generation ground segment.

Crew members of the STS-49 mission captured the satellite on the third attempt.

Here's a list of the top alien planet finds of 2013, from a tiny world about the size of Earth's moon to a blue gas giant on which it rains molten glass.

The International Astronomical Union has chosen the names Aegis and Gorgoneion for the two moons of the asteroid (93) Minerva. We decided to crowd-source the names, catching the attention of the public. Over the followin...

Three military satellites launched from Russia early Dec. 25 have reached their target orbit.

NASA highlights its accomplishments in air and space for 2013....

In 2013, NASA helped transform access to low Earth orbit ... even as one of our venerable spacecraft reached the boundaries of the solar system ... and we moved ahead on technologies -- that will help us carry out an...

Environmental research and weather forecasting are about to get a significant technology boost as NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) prepare to launch a new satellite in February.

NASA Breaking News: Environmental research and weather forecasting are about to get a significant technology boost as NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) prepare to launch a new satellite in February.

New satellites, Voyager, SpaceX and more took center stage - take a look back at all the space agency accomplished in this highlights video.

NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour takes to the streets of Los Angeles again Jan. 1, this time as the lead feature on a 125th Rose Parade float. The iconic black and white orbiter will soar from the City of Los Angel...

DigitalGlobe's annual Top Image of the Year contest showcases satellite images of natural disasters, political issues, natural wonders and current events from 2013.

Was this the year open access for science reached critical mass? One hypothesis suggests that a transformative group needs to reach one-third to be prominent and persisting. [More] --

It's here! As 2013 draws to a close, we once again cast our thoughts to all things astronomical for the coming year. For the past five years, I’ve been constructing this list of all things astronomical for the coming y...

Chad Blakley (lightsoverlapland.com) grabbed his camera on Christmas Day 2013 and captured the festive Northern Lights above the frozen shore of Lake Torneträsk in Abisko National Park.

As China's Chang'e 3 lander and Yutu rover mission to the moon unfolds, the country's space authorities are pushing forward on their next stage of lunar progress -- gathering select samples of the moon and rocketing them...

NASA's Deep Space Network, the world's largest and most powerful communications system for spacecraft, turned 50 on Dec. 24, 2013, marking milestone for space exploration. See how the Deep Space Network has evolved.