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After almost 20 years of development, the European Space Agency has finally unveiled the BepiColombo Mercury orbiters and confirmed the mission is on track for an October 2018 launch. SpaceNews.com

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

A Soyuz launch scheduled for July 14 will carry more than 70 small satellites, including spacecraft for four separate commercial remote sensing and weather constellations. SpaceNews.com

NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, who is making final preparations for his launch to the International Space Station later this month, will be available for live satellite interviews from 9 to 10 a.m. EDT Friday, July 14, at...

Scientists pursue research through observation, experimentation and modeling. They strive for all of these pieces to fit together, but sometimes finding the unexpected is even more exciting....

Satellite fleet operator Intelsat on July 5 completed a refinancing of slightly more than 10 percent of the company's debt. SpaceNews.com

The European Space Agency held a media briefing at ESA's technical centre in the Netherlands on July 6 to discuss the upcoming mission BepiColombo to Mercury....

The Vice President spoke of a return to the Moon and human missions to Mars, but offered few further details --

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Microbes could be killed off by perchlorates exposed to ultraviolet radiation on the planet’s surface --

Twenty-two universities across the country have been selected to receive NASA grants for research and technology development projects in areas critical to the agency's mission.

IC 342 is a challenging cosmic target. Although it is bright, the galaxy sits near the equator of the Milky Way's galactic disk, where the sky is thick with glowing cosmic gas, bright stars, and dark, obscuring dust.

One of the most extreme astrophysical events, Supernova explosions are the violent deaths of certain stars that scatter elements heavier than hydrogen and helium into surrounding space. Our own solar system is thought to...

Expedition 52 continued exploring today how microgravity impacts humans and technology to improve future spaceflight and benefit life on Earth. The trio also conducted an array of maintenance activities including space p...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: IC 342 is a challenging cosmic target. Although it is bright, the galaxy sits near the equator of the Milky Way's galactic disk, where the sky is thick with glowing cosmic gas, bright ...

Evidence of new strains of bacteria in a lake hidden under an Icelandic glacier far from the sun has revealed how life might thrive in sub-surface oceans on the icy moons around Saturn and Jupiter. 'Our preliminary resul...

The image shows part of Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni - the largest salt flat in the world. Occupying over 10 000 sq km, the vast Salar de Uyuni lies at the southern end of the Altiplano, a high plain of...

Rockets and spacecraft may get us to Mars, but food must nourish us on the journey. Now researchers are using the International Space Station to look at how much food will be needed on a spacecraft heading to the Moon, M...

Our week through the lens: 3-7 July 2017

A new tool enables astronauts to lift and carry their fallen companions during moonwalks. A pair of astronauts tested the instrument during a 10-day undersea mission simulating space.

Stars at least eight times more massive than the sun end their lives in incredibly bright explosions called Type II supernovae. Learn all about them in the 11th episode of the astrophysics-video series "We Don't Planet."

A new telescope in Spain's Canary Islands coordinates with gravitational-wave detectors to track down optical signals of the colossal collisions that cause them.