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NASA has awarded Boeing with the first order for a commercial crew change flight to the International Space Station once the company's new CST-100 space taxi is ready for manned flights in 2017.

New research at the University of Arkansas suggests that methanogens - among the simplest and oldest organisms on Earth - could survive on Mars.

Viewed from above, our solar system's planetary orbits around the sun resemble rings around a bulls-eye. Each planet, including Earth, keeps to a roughly circular path, always maintaining the same distance from the sun.

By creatively using a radio telescope to see in 3D, astronomers have detected the existence of tubular plasma structures in the inner layers of the magnetosphere surrounding the Earth.

Borg-like assimilation may not be an interstellar reality, but having a resilient software system is essential to ensure your starship can cope with any scenario in the depths of space.

Brown University researchers have produced new evidence that lunar swirls wispy bright regions scattered on the Moon's surface were created by several comet collisions over the last 100 million years....

At the 2015 World Science Festival in New York, NASA hosted a stargazing event where the public asked questions of former astronauts, watched robots do ballet, saw astronaut underwear, and learned the truth about Area 51...

Scott Seymour, president and chief executive of Aerojet Rocketdyne, abruptly retired from the company June 1 and has been replaced by an executive who joined the company only three months ago. The post An Abrupt Departur...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

Where is the push for a space arms control agreement? The post Op-ed | Why the U.S. Should Be a Leader in Space Arms Control appeared first on SpaceNews.com.

A newly drafted Senate defense bill would bar the U.S. Air Force from launching the last of its legacy weather satellites pending assurances that the mission is necessary and would direct the service to discontinue certa...

The first developmental test flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital rocket April 29 was an impressive demonstration that bodes well for the company's lofty if somewhat murky ambition The post Editorial | Blue Ori...

NASA satellites have been providing valuable data on hurricanes to scientists for decades....

The Planetary Society's tiny LightSail spacecraft has recovered from an apparent software glitch in orbit and is on track to deploy its solar sail as early as Tuesday (June 2), mission team members say.

Astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in Space on June 3rd, 1965. He flew on the Gemini 4 mission with astronaut Jim McDivitt

In 10 seconds, gamma-ray bursts can radiate more energy than the sun will release in 10 billion years. Scientists say new laser instruments set to start up in the near future will have the power to recreate the physics a...

"Suit Up," is narrated by actor and fan of space exploration Jon Cryer. Cryer recently traveled to Star City, NASA Headquarters and the Johnson Space Center to film an upcoming Travel Channel documentary series....

The Expedition 43 crew is wrapping up the remodeling of the Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) at its new location on the forward port of the Tranquility module. The station residents also participated in maint...

By creatively using a radio telescope to see in 3D, astronomers have detected the existence of tubular plasma structures in the inner layers of the magnetosphere surrounding the Earth....

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

Florida and Virginia, ordinarily competitors for space business, have become allies in a little-heralded legislative push to better protect state-operated spaceports from catastrophic events such as launch failures. The ...

When a NASA spacecraft sets off to explore Jupiter's icy moon Europa to look for the ingredients of life, radar equipment designed to pierce the ice of Antarctica will be among the passengers.