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NASA has awarded the Omnibus Multidiscipline Engineering Services (OMES) II contract to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of McLean, Virginia, to support the Applied Engineering and Technology Directo...

Much like the eclectic group of space rebels in the upcoming film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has some amazing superpowers, specifically when it comes to observing innumerable galaxies f...

Vector, one of several companies currently developing small launch vehicles, said it successfully flew a prototype of its vehicle in a low-altitude test flight May 3. SpaceNews.com

NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei and their Russian crewmate Alexander Misurkin, who are part of an upcoming International Space Station crew, will conduct a news conference and be available for media intervie...

A sounding rocket originally developed as a prototype for NASA's next generation of space-based solar spectrographs will make its third flight tomorrow, May 5, at 12:25 p.m. MDT from White Sands, N.M.

Elizabeth Turtle , a researcher at NASA's JHUAPL, reveals the latest details of "the Dragonfly" - a proposal for an aerial vehicle that could explore Titan in the coming decades. The post Titan Ripe For Drone Invasion ap...

Between proposals for missions to the Moon and Mars in the coming decades, JAXA is proposing a mission to the moons of Mars. The post New Japanese mission will be going to the Moons of Mars appeared first on Universe Tod...

A new image of the Small Magellanic Cloud reveals its population of stars in stunningly rich detail. The post Enjoy The Biggest Infrared Image Ever Taken Of The Small Magellanic Cloud Without All That Pesky Dust In The W...

NASA is seeking proposals for development of a first-generation, in-space, multi-material fabrication laboratory, or FabLab, for space missions....

On May 5, 2017, scientists will launch a sounding rocket 200 miles up into the atmosphere, where in just five minutes, it will take 1,500 images of the sun. The NASA-funded RAISE mission is designed to scrutinize split-s...

The Expedition 51 quintet studied how long-term space missions affect bone loss and explored new ways to exercise in space today. The crew also reviewed emergency procedures and equipment onboard the International Space ...

Even people who aren't diehard fans of the "Star Wars" films will likely remember C-3PO and R2-D2. These sci-fi creations provided a glimpse of how robots could be used in the future, but how close is the world to making...

It's been 40 years since George Lucas's original "Star Wars" movie hit theaters, kicking off one of the most popular science-fiction film series of all time. Here are Space.com's picks for the 40 coolest "Star Wars" anni...

Media accreditation now is open for launch of the next SpaceX commercial cargo resupply services mission to the International Space Station, currently targeted for Thursday, June 1.

Operations image of the week: ESA's deep-space dish antennas in Argentina and Australia get ready for science with the international Cassini orbiter

I don't know about you, but I was shocked when NASA's New Horizons mission sent back its first batch of high-resolution images of the surface of Pluto.

The launch window extends until 7:19 p.m.Eastern. The rocket is carrying the SGDC communications satellite for Brazil and the Koreasat 7 communications satellite for South Korean operator KTSat. SpaceNews.com

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A new movie sequence of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the view as the spacecraft swooped over Saturn during the first of its Grand Finale dives between the planet and its rings on April 26. The movie compri...

A new movie sequence of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the view as the spacecraft swooped over Saturn during the first of its Grand Finale dives between the planet and its rings on April 26. The movie compri...

Asteroid 10199 Chariklo is our solar system's smallest known ringed body. A pair of rings were discovered surrounding it in 2014.