Technicians resumed spacecraft preparations for NASA’s MAVEN orbiter today (Oct. 3) aimed towards meeting the hoped for Nov. 18 launch…
"Talk about a selfie!" wrote former astronaut Clay Anderson on Twitter yesterday (Oct. 1). He posted that comment along with…
“I’m going where?” No, this isn't The Onion... as a concerned consumer of all that is space news, you have…
The upcoming Nov. 18 blastoff of NASA’s new MAVEN Mars orbiter is threatened by today’s US Federal Government shutdown. Launch…
50 million light-years away a quasar resides in the hub of galaxy NGC 4438, an incredibly bright source of light…
Opportunity starts scaling Solander Point - her 1st mountain climbing goal See the tilted terrain and rover tracks in this…
NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered a new patch of pebbles formed and rounded eons ago by flowing liquid water on…
The next crew of the International Space Station is on their way to orbit. Three members of the Expedition 37…
A new Soyuz is now on the pad, ready to bring the next crew to the International Space Station. Launch…
After launching to orbit atop the Antares rocket on Sept. 18, the first ever Cygnus cargo spacecraft is chasing the…