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NASA's planetary senior review panel harshly criticized the scientific return of the Curiosity rover in a report released yesterday (Sept. 3), saying the mission lacks focus and the team is taking actions that show they ...

The site of one of America's proudest achievements is now little more than a weed-riddled concrete pad, surrounded by twisted, rusting metal....

The government is considering options that range from developing new engine technology all the way to building a new rocket to assure access to space for national security and other missions.

The Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama recently tested the injectors. Liquid oxygen and gaseous hydrogen were mixed and produced 20,000 lbs of thrust at over 6,000°F.

The top priority for Congress is passage of a continuing resolution to fund the federal government after Sept. 30.

The company will build the Ozone Mapping and Profiling Suite for NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System-2 weather satellite.

After weeks of scrutinizing possible landing sites on a comet, European Space Agency managers of the Rosetta mission will reveal where they plan to set their lander, Philae, in an announcement Sept. 15.

Science@NASA: A NASA instrument onboard Europe's Rosetta spacecraft has shown that the core of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is unusually dark--darker than charcoal-black--when viewed at ultraviolet wavelengths.

NASA's MESSENGER Mission: Data collected during MESSENGER's 31st through 36th month in orbit around Mercury were released to the public today by the Planetary Data System (PDS), an organization that archives and distribu...

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The two sides remain split on whether to complete work on a new upper stage for the Ariane 5 rocket or focus on Ariane 6.

NASA Breaking News: Three crew members aboard the International Space Station are scheduled to end almost six months on the orbiting laboratory on Sept. 10 and NASA Television will provide complete coverage.

Have you ever wished you could have your own personal satellite? One company is on a mission to put high-altitude balloons, akin to floating satellites, into the hands of space enthusiasts.

In 2013, huge active plumes containing water vapour being released from the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa were discovered. This sensational find was made using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Europa has been a fo...

Astronomers have found what they believe is a second protoplanet around HD100546, a youngster star that may also host a planet under formation that is the size of Jupiter. This new find is at least times the size of Jupi...

Once every year or two, a comet appears in the sky that is bright enough to be seen with a small telescope or binoculars. Right now, observers anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere can see such a comet.

Space travelers from around the world are headed for China this month for an international Planetary Congress to explore the possibilities of expanding human spaceflight cooperation among different countries.

NASA's new Vertical Assembly Center (VAC), a 170-foot-high marvel of machinery that will be used to assemble elements of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS), now is complete and ready to weld parts for the rocket that...

NASA will venture to the depths of the Atlantic Ocean this month to investigate technologies and procedures for use in near- and long-term space missions. The commander of the seven-day mission, NASA astronaut Randy Bres...

Three crew members aboard the International Space Station are scheduled to end almost six months on the orbiting laboratory on Sept. 10 and NASA Television will provide complete coverage.

Astronauts Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Koicha Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will tour NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, at 10 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 17. Reporters are invit...

NASA has awarded a sole source contract modification to Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp. of Boulder, Colorado, for the Ozone Mapping and Profiling Suite (OMPS) for flight on the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2)...