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(University of Central Florida) In a new paper that appeared in Science on Friday and includes two University of Central Florida co-authors, researchers are offering glimpses into the nature and composition of Saturn's l...

PBS KIDS is celebrating this summer's Apollo 11 anniversary today (June 17) with a special program "Ready Jet Go!: One Small Step," which celebrates and explores the lunar landing.

RUAG Space offers high-performance, reliable products for launch vehicles and satellites, offering engineering, design and production. SpaceNews.com

The Sun is why we're here. It's also why Martians or Venusians are not.

NASA will be launching two identical miniature satellites next week as part of a project designed to help scientists understand how Earth's atmosphere muddies the radio signals we rely on.

To say there are some myths circulating about Martian dust storms would be an understatement. Mars is known for its globe-encircling dust storms, the likes of which are seen nowhere else. Science fiction writers and Holl...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's spacecraft element, which consists of the observatory's spacecraft bus and the sunshield, was put in the same folded-up configuration that it will be in when mounted on atop a rocket f...

A new report warns of China's stealth investments in U.S space companies and the country's coordinated public-private efforts to dominate markets. SpaceNews.com

Krispy Kreme is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing with the launch of a new type of doughnut.

With a single click, a new website can take you back 50 years and place you directly into the real-time action of the first moon landing mission.

The spacecraft that carried the crew of the first moon landing to and from Earth 50 years ago has just had its current mission extended.

In this image, taken on June 5, 2019, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, take a moment after attaching the remote sensing mast to the Mars 2020 rover in the Spacecraft Assembly Facilit...

NASA navigators are helping build a future where spacecraft could safely and autonomously fly themselves to destinations like the Moon and Mars....

Trump's recent tweet will only sow confusion and complicate the already herculean task of building a permanent, manned American presence in the space beyond Earth orb SpaceNews.com

Saturn Satellite Networks will build satellites ranging from 600 kilograms to 1,700 kilograms, and already has a customer order, Tom Choi, Saturn's executive chairman, told SpaceNews. SpaceNews.com

Tying into the 2020 movie.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

Marking World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over west Africa

How did the Red Planet get all of its clouds? CU Boulder researchers may have discovered the secret: just add meteors.

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, will ride into space on an Ariane launch vehicle, Arianespace and ESA confirmed today at the International Paris Air Show.

Water is a complex problem on Earth: Some places get far too little of it and some get far too much.

As NASA starts development of lunar landers for Artemis, it should carefully incorporate the lessons learned from the commercial crew program, a safety panel advised.