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A camera affixed to the International Space Station recently spotted some curious symbols amid a barren desert landscape.
NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two cosmonaut colleagues will return to Earth this evening (April 19), and you can watch their homecoming live.
The Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched on July 23, 1999 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. See 25 'never-before-seen' images ...
Operating in orbit demands engineering solutions beyond what any airliner or rocket could offer—and the Space Shuttle ...
But from 260 miles above in space, he saw no trace of humanity — just desolation: a seemingly endless view of pure white ice. "I think 60 or 70 percent of the time I randomly look out the window ...
A driverless shuttle bus said to be a "prototype of tomorrow's technology" is on display at a transport museum. The Auto Shuttle, which is an electric and autonomous vehicle, can be found at the ...
A spacecraft used to bring food, fuel and other supplies to the International Space Station has been damaged, putting future trips on hold. NASA and Northrop Grumman had planned to launch a Cygnus ...
Europe faces hurdles in achieving independent space access following geopolitical shifts. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk weighed in after Germany’s Spectrum rocket suffered a catastrophic failure ...
Gaia has been the most successful ESA space mission ever, so why did they turn Gaia off? What did Gaia achieve? And perhaps most importantly, why was it my favourite space telescope? Gaia was ...
She became a pilot and then the first woman to pilot and command a space shuttle through sheer willpower. Alongside all that was the complex emotional journey for her own family. It was this ...