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Humanity possesses the means to place probes into orbit around nearby stars. But do we have the patience? --

On 17 November 2016 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and Roscosmos commander Oleg Novitsky blasted into space from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft safel...

"For decades, scientists working with astronauts have known that spaceflight has an effect on neurological systems," said Mill Reschke, chief scientist for NASA Neuroscience. "Scientists also have believed the changes we...

NASA's Juno spacecraft made its latest close flyby of Jupiter Feb. 2 -- passing about 2,700 miles above the planet's clouds. This was the fourth close flyby since Juno began orbiting Jupiter last year on July 4....

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

Has a NASA astronaut set a new record for the longest football pass in history? A new video shot aboard the International Space Station captured astronaut Tim Kopra's incredible feat.

An asteroid that buzzed between the Earth and the moon at 3:25 p.m. EST (2025 GMT) on Feb. 2 was spotted by one of the Slooh Community Observatory telescopes in the Canary Islands.

This panorama, photographed by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, shows nearly the full length of Lake Powell, the reservoir on the Colorado River in southern Utah and northern Arizona....

NASA, Orbital ATK and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are now targeting launch of Orbital ATK's seventh commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station on March 19 during a 30-minute window that opens at appr...

"We have to have an honest discussion about acquisitions," said Gen. David Goldfein, the Air Force chief of staff. SpaceNews.com