At 2:23 am Eastern time on March 19, 2025, an astronaut aboard the International Space station (ISS) captured a striking ...

Such "countdown demonstration tests" have traditionally taken place shortly before launch with the rocket and crew ship ...

They won't be home for Christmas, but that's okay. They may not be home for Christmas, but astronauts in space are finding ...

A new book explores the experiences of all 61 U.S. women astronauts Valerie Neal NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins sequences DNA aboard the International Space Station for ...

Scientists fear warming is driving a collapse in the ocean currents that shape climate far and wide. The ice-choked waters off Greenland might hold the key. Scientists fear warming is driving a ...

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim flew home with two Roscosmos cosmonauts from the International Space Station packed tight in their Soyuz spacecraft landing in the frozen steppes of Kazakhstan on Dec. 9 to ...

1939 – 1945 – During World War II, the Bicycle playing card company made decks of cards and gave them to the prisoners of war ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — NASA and Blue Origin are planning to launch the ESCAPADE mission, where a pair of satellites will study Mars' magnetosphere. ESCAPADE will eventually help future ...

The winners of the inaugural Global Space Awards were recently announced at a star-studded ceremony at London's Natural History Museum. The event championed innovation and sustainability, while also ...

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, who was born and raised in Los Angeles, returned to Earth Tuesday after 245 days in space. Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky were part of an ...

Update: The New Shepard rocket launched on Saturday. Blue Origin said it scrubbed Thursday's launch after it "observed an issue with our built-in checks prior to the flight." Michaela “Michi” Benthaus ...