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In an interview with XPRIZE, former NASA astronaut Rusty Schweickart recalls how a minor camera malfunction (on the first spacewalk of the Apollo program) gave him five minutes of "incredible" Earth views to appreciate.

Nearly six months after winning high-profile NASA contracts, the two companies developing commercial crew transportation systems are still in some sense competing with each other, playing up their strengths and highlight...

The Feb. 27 short circuit that has halted some of the science work by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, apparently originated in the robot's rock-boring drill, space agency officials announced Friday (March 6).

From an amazing photo of Comet Lovejoy captured by a dark energy camera to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, don't miss these amazing space images of the week for March 7, 2015.

"I just let go with one hand ... it was this incredible spectacular view"

Dawn's approach and trajectory as it begins its orbital "dance" with Ceres. As you watch, note the timeline at upper right. Dawn made it! After a 14-month tour of the asteroid Vesta and 2 1/2 years en route to Ceres, the...

Our current cosmological standard model assumes that general relativity and the standard model of particle physics have been a good description of the basic physics of the universe throughout its history. It assumes that...

On March 3, 1915, Congress created the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the organization from which NASA would be created from in 1958. To mark the 100 year anniversary the Smithsonian Institution's Na...

In his testimony before Congress during the first week of March, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden outlined the return on investment legislators can expect from the $18.5 billion dollars proposed for the agency under Pre...

Here at BA HQ we're all about weird clouds. Well, maybe not all about them, but certainly a lot about them. You'd think that clouds wouldn't be terribly surprising (unless you're trying to just get some Sun on a beach in...

These two events will make 2015 an exciting year for solar system exploration and discovery. But there is much more to this story than mere science.

The surprise decision by U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), one of the strongest advocates for NASA in Congress, not to run for re-election in 2016 triggered an outpouring of praise for her work but also concern about t...

Calling all young astronomers and creative writers! The European Space Agency is asking for kids 12 and under to submit their most fantastic stories inspired by the stars for a chance to win a Stargazer Lottie doll.