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"Dr. Rendezvous" talks with Space.com about moonwalking, seeing Earth from Tranquility Base (and how the spacesuit restrained him from doing so) and the inside story of landing on Moon. -- Excerpt from Space.com Google+ ...

The 2014 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition has announced its shortlist of finalists.

The Mars Science Laboratory's ChemCam instrument fires its laser at rocks to analyze its composition and clear away dust. A recent firing produced sparks when hitting a rock.

(AP)--Buzz Aldrin says he was "out of town" on July 20, 1969, and missed the world's Apollo 11 celebration.

The European spacecraft has completed a risky aerobreaking maneuver in Venus' atmosphere, allowing critical data of the planet's atmosphere to be taken.

NASA's historic launch of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission 45 years ago today changed the face of humanity, and nowhere does that resonate more than with astronauts living on the International Space Station.

Physicists in the United States on Wednesday reported they had compressed diamond to a density greater than that of lead, a technical feat that yields insights into the secrets of giant planets.

"Do we believe there is life beyond Earth?"asked former astronaut and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden at a recent panel discussion at NASA headquarters with with the nation's leading space scientists. "I would venture ...

Commander Neil Armstrong, command module pilot Mike Collins and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin blasted into space 45 years ago today (July 16) on Apollo 11's history-making mission to the moon.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has caught the first images of sparks on a Martian rock that result from the rover's laser instrument examining the rock.

Researchers have studied imagery from ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft and concluded that the comet stopped producing gas and dust shortly before it past the Sun. In other words, ISON was DOA...

NASA has issued an open call for designs of scientific instruments to send on a future mission to explore Jupiter's moon Europa.

The RAS welcomes applications for funding under its ongoing grants scheme. The deadline for the next round of grants is 15 August 2014. Applications should normally be for sums between £250 and £5,000 (restrictions app...

What is it with Russia and explosive events of cosmic origins? The 1908 Tunguska Explosion, the Chelyabinsk bolide of February 2013, and now this: an enormous 80-meter wide crater discovered in the Yamal peninsula in nor...

EPFL researchers have a better understanding of the asteroid Vesta and its internal structure, thanks to numerical simulations and data from the space mission Dawn. Their findings, published today in Nature, question con...

All eyes are on ESA's spaceplane to showcase reentry technologies after its unconventional launch on a Vega rocket this November....

NASA Breaking News: How does living and working underwater for nine days help us explore space? Four astronauts who will be living 62 feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean will be available to answer that question...

NASA Television will broadcast live the departure of an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, July 21, and the launch and docking of its replacement Wednesday, July 23.

How does living and working underwater for nine days help us explore space? Four astronauts who will be living 62 feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean will be available to answer that question and more during sat...

Seasonal changes in the gullies of Mars reveals that dry ice rather than flowing water is responsible for their creation.

A commercial Cygnus spacecraft built by Orbital Sciences Corporation arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday, July 16, to deliver 1.5 tons of supplies for astronauts aboard.

A private group has a backup plan for a vintage NASA spacecraft after reconsidering initial suspicions that it was out of gas. See how the ISEE-3 Reboot Project is tapping the minds of the crowdsourcing 'Borg' to find al...