Space News

The Hispasat telecommunications satellite has suffered an anomaly in its power system but is stable in orbit.

Following closely on the heels of Thursday's spectacular Atlas V rocket blastoff from Cape Canaveral and a last moment computer failure at the ISS over the weekend, an upgraded Space X Falcon 9 rocket is now to poised to...

Launch of SpaceX's third contracted cargo mission to the international space station rescheduled for April 18.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: NASA's Cassini spacecraft has documented the formation of a small icy object within the rings of Saturn that may be a new moon and may also provide other clues.

A space station cargo ship will remain Earthbound for a while longer.

Tonight at 11 p.m. on the west coast or if you're on the east coast at 2 a.m. you'll be able to see the total lunar eclipse. The eclipse will last about three hours....

Tonight, if the weather is clear, favorably placed skywatchers will have a view of one of nature's most beautiful spectacles: a total eclipse of the moon.

The first total lunar eclipse of 2014 will occur overnight tonight, marking the start of an eclipse tetrad -- four back-to-back total lunar eclipses -- that will happen over the next 18 months.

The company's unmanned Dragon spacecraft was scheduled to blast off today at 4:58 p.m. EDT from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. But the attempt was scrubbed because Dragon's ride to space, a SpaceX Falcon 9 r...

A plant growth chamber bound for the International Space Station inside the Dragon capsule on the SpaceX-3 resupply mission may help expand in-orbit food production capabilities in more ways than one, and offer astronaut...

Tonight when you look up at the sky--and I strongly urge you to do so--you can participate in three different kinds of amazing alignments. One will produce a total lunar eclipse, as Earth's shadow sweeps across the moon....

NASA planetary scientist Dr.Shawn Domagal-Goldman explains why this phenomenon occurs and also why Earth will experience a tetrad or 4 lunar eclipses in nearly 18 months. Total Lunar Eclipse Skywatching Guide: ://goo.gl/...

There are only a few spaces left at Science Ranch 2014, a weeklong science-based vacation with me, June 22-28, at the Waunita Hot Springs Ranch in the Rocky Mountains near Gunnison, Colo. In addition to your humble host,...

Comet ISON’s gone but positively not forgotten. The National Science Foundation today shared the results of their Comet ISON Photography Contest. You’ll recognize many of the names because so many of their photos hav...

Photo gallery of ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano's SocialSpace event at ESA's ESRIN site in Italy

(Phys.org) --A bright blue tadpole appears to swim through the inky blackness of space. Known as IRAS 20324+4057 but dubbed "the Tadpole", this clump of gas and dust has given birth to a bright protostar, one of the earl...

Women scientists train in the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator.

Eutelsat will redeem $360 million in bonds from bondholders in Eutelsat Americas.

A powerful scientific tool set to come online in 2015 could help scientists spot gravitational waves, ripples in space-time born from violent cosmic crashes light-years from Earth.

ESOA companies are advocating for ways to reduce launch costs for Ariane 5 and the upcoming Ariane 6.

NASA will host a media teleconference at noon EDT Wednesday, April 16, to discuss the status of ongoing projects and the road ahead for the agency's Space Technology Mission Directorate.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has documented the formation of a small icy object within the rings of Saturn that may be a new moon, and may also provide clues to the formation of the planet's known moons.