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On Sunday, December 11, at 9:04 a.m. PST (12:04 p.m. EST, 17:04 UTC) NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its third science flyby of Jupiter.

Eight specialized microsatellites, slightly larger than carry-on suitcases, will launch from beneath an airplane Dec. 12 to begin monitoring hurricanes and cyclones in the tropics, piercing through rainfall to measure wi...

SpaceX is postponing the resumption of launches for their Falcon 9 rocket into early January 2017 as they continue to deal with the fallout from the catastrophic launch pad explosion in Florida that destroyed a Falcon 9 ...

"This will be the first time we are planning to operate the full Juno capability to investigate Jupiter's interior structure via its gravity field," said Scott Bolton, principal investigator of Juno from the Southwest Re...

The U.S. Senate passed a NASA authorization bill late Dec. 9 that, while it will not become law this year, could serve as a template for a similar bill in the next Congress. SpaceNews.com

New research offers clues about the timing of Jupiter's formation. Scientists have theorized for years now that Jupiter probably was not always in its current orbit, which is about five astronomical units from the sun (E...

See photos of NASA's new space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, under construction.

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station....

Scott Parazynski recalls his 1998 space shuttle flight with America's most legendary astronaut --