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James Meador, an independent researcher at the California Institute of Technology, has found evidence that suggests the Apollo 11 ascent stage may still be orbiting the moon. He has written a paper outlining his research...

A Russian module that docked to the International Space Station July 29 started firing its thrusters hours later, briefly knocking the station out of its normal attitude and forcing NASA to delay a commercial crew test f...

A newly arrived Russian science lab briefly knocked the International Space Station out of position Thursday when it accidentally fired its thrusters.

A Russian space official on Friday blamed a software problem on a newly docked science lab that briefly knocked the International Space Station out of position.

SpaceX chief Elon Musk just gave us an inside look at the engine section of a Super Heavy rocket that's coming together at the company's South Texas site. There's a lot of plumbing involved.

Astronomers have captured the first-ever spin measurements of HR 8799, the famed system that made history as the very first exoplanetary system to have its image taken....

Europe's Ariane 5 heavy-lift rocket roared back into action today (July 30) after nearly a year-long hiatus, launching two telecommunications satellites to orbit.

The world's first commercial fully re-programmable satellite lifted off from French Guiana on Friday on board an Ariane 5 rocket, ushering in a new era of more flexible communications.

Europe's Ariane 5 has delivered two telecom satellites Star One D2 and Eutelsat Quantum into their planned transfer orbits.

Blue Origin's protest against NASA's decision to not hire the company to build its next human moon lander has been shut down by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

NASA did not violate regulations when it decided to give SpaceX the sole contract to build a Moon lander, a watchdog said Friday, in a ruling that denied challenges by competitors Blue Origin and Dynetics.

The following is the NASA statement in response to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision released Friday on the human landing system protest:

NASA has extended a contract to companies around the United States to provide spaceflight hardware, software, and mission integration and operations services on a commercial basis for the agency's International Space Sta...

In a series of newly-published papers, NASA scientists have shown how InSight's seismic data allowed them to measure the structure and thickness of Mars' interior. The post InSight has Mapped out the Interior of Mars, Re...

Boeing's Starliner capsule has left the launch pad, just 24 hours after it got there.

It's been quite an eventful year for NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.

Yesterday's unexpected tilting of the International Space Station was caused by a software glitch, according to Russian space agency Roscosmos.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office denied protests July 30 that Blue Origin and Dynetics filed of NASA's award of a single lunar lander contract to SpaceX. SpaceNews

It's safe to say that UFOs, now branded UAPs, are back.

A startup under contract to the U.S. Space Force is investigating the use of solar-powered vehicles for operations in deep space beyond Earth orbit. SpaceNews

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter explores the "intriguing" Raised Ridges during its latest and most complex flight to date.

The planned launch of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner test flight to the International Space Station (ISS) has been pushed back to Tuesday, August 3 after a mishap involving a newly docked Russian module. Originally, Starline...