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The first orbital Dream Chaser space plane recently got its wings, and a name: Tenacity.

For John-David Bartoe, a payload specialist aboard the space shuttle, becoming one of the first to drink Coca-Cola or Pepsi off Earth was a sip too far.

Here are 15 of the biggest discoveries from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

A NASA team, using data from a European satellite program, helped map the devastation caused when an explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon on Aug. 4.

Japan's Hayabusa2 mission is headed home from an asteroid called Ryugu, carrying a very special delivery of space rock, but Earth may not be the spacecraft's final destination.

Could lava tubes on the Moon and Mars play a role in establishing a human presence on those worlds? Possibly, according to a team of researchers. Their new study shows that lunar and Martian lava tubes might be enormous,...

Bruno said the recent Phase 2 contract awards show ULA's pricing is competitive. SpaceNews

"Space mobility and logistics" are identified in the new Space Force doctrine as core competencies of the service. SpaceNews

Hughes Network Systems believes it has a chance at winning some of the $20.4 billion in rural broadband subsidies the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is preparing to spend, thanks to the company's recent investmen...

One of Arecibo's supporting cables snapped early Monday morning (Aug. 10), ripping a 100-foot-long (30 meters) gash in the giant radio dish.

The annual Perseid meteor shower has just peaked, but it's not too late to spot one of the famed "shooting stars" in the night sky -- or in a live webcast.

SpaceX recently announced that they are looking for a Resort Development Manager to help them turn Boca Chica into a bona fide spaceport The post SpaceX is Hiring People to Help Build a Resort at the Boca Chica Launch Fa...

The U.S. government, particularly the Defense Department, will play a decisive role in selecting which small launch providers stay in business. SpaceNews

The musician Beck teams up with NASA and Osk to deliver a new visual album experience for his 2019 record "Hyperspace."

The Aug. 5 statement was issued by NASA's Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity (ODEO).

An astronaut on a long-duration flight has to endure the challenges of the mission and being separated from Earth in Netflix's "Away," starring Hilary Swank as a Mars-bound commander, mother and wife.

million to provide inflatable GATR satellite communications antennas to the U.S. military. SpaceNews

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

A mesmerizing new image shows a "space butterfly" appearing to soar against a background of stars.

As a wave of acquisitions washes over the space industry, NewSpace investors are finally finding the exits -- just not where they expected them to be. SpaceNews

In less than 48 hours, the last intact ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic collapsed, losing more than 40% of its mass.

What would we look for in a distant exoplanet in the hunt for Earth-like worlds, and perhaps life? A recent observation carried out by the Hubble Space Telescope found tell-tale signatures from our home planet by looking...