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One of NASA's delivery services is paying tribute to John Glenn, as it gets set to launch supplies to the International Space Station.

A new paper said that debris jettisoned by spacecraft as they land on Mars could complicate future missions. SpaceNews.com

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Researchers studying landslide on the surface of Ceres have noticed one with a distinctly Bart Simpson-like appearance. The post Ceres Prank Lands Bart Simpson In Detention For Eternity appeared first on Universe Today.

An asteroid stretching 650 metres (2,000 feet) across is on track to whoosh past Earth on Wednesday at a safe--but uncomfortably close--distance, according to astronomers.

Sometimes it takes a lot of trees to see the forest. In the case of the latest discovery made by astronomers at the University of Arizona, exactly 732,225. Except that in this case, the "forest" is a veil of diffuse... �...

The International Space Station will be capable of dozens of new scientific investigations from NASA and around the world when Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft delivers more than 7,600 pounds of cargo Saturday, April 22.

An Atlas V rocket boosted an Orbital ATK cargo ship into orbit this morning (April 18), setting the stage for the spacecraft's belated but welcome arrival at the International Space Station on Saturday.

An Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo craft blasted off atop an Atlas V rocket at 11:11 a.m. EDT (1511 GMT) on April 18 on a mission to deliver food, supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station.

Former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin comes to the defense of DARPA's contested satellite-servicing partnership with Space Systems Loral. SpaceNews.com

An Atlas 5 successfully launched a Cygnus spacecraft April 18 carrying three and a half tons of cargo for the International Space Station. SpaceNews.com

Two rockets on opposite sides of the world rolled out to their launch pads today ready to blast off to the International Space Station....

3D modeling research shows that entry, descent, and landing systems from past missions may blow several miles across the Red Planet and impact other operations.

Scientists sounded the alarm Tuesday over the problems posed to space missions from orbital junk--the accumulating debris from mankind's six-decade exploration of the cosmos.

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched the spacecraft from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on April 18, 2017.

Sometimes it takes a lot of trees to see the forest. In the case of the latest discovery made by astronomers at the University of Arizona, exactly 732,225. Except that in this case, the "forest" is a veil of diffuse hydr...

Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr. flew 22 orbits of Earth in 1963 aboard the NASA's Faith 7 spacecraft during the Mercury program. He created maps from his space flight experience that may lead to treasure.

As if a giant ran a finger in a swirling manner through an icy sandbox, meltwater channels have carved out aqua-colored squiggly lines in an Arctic glacier.

An anomaly in the number of antineutrinos produced by nuclear power plants was a result of a modeling error, not a hint of new physics.

Is it possible that one of NASA's original astronauts mapped the site of a sunken treasure from orbit -- and it remained a secret for nearly 55 years?

Sputnik, Apollo, JFK, LBJ, Gagarin, Laika, von Braun. You know the speeches: "...We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, ..." But do...  ...

A voyage from outer space to our home planet highlights the challenges of space debris and how mitigation and removal measures are urgently required