NASA revealed Friday that its first ever year-long mission to the International Space Station (ISS) would launch in 2015 and it would feature two crew members from America and Russia.
Nobody alive on Oct. 4, 1957, will ever forget the launch of Sputnik 1, the first successful earth-orbiting satellite, by the Soviet Union.
Foursquare now has its very first check-in from the surface of another world. As NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity was exploring the Red Planet, it took the time to let Earthlings know it was in Gale Crater via Foursquare on Wednesday.
A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying U.S. astronaut Joseph Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin landed on the Kazakh steppe at 8:53 local time (0253 GMT) Monday.
Bill Moggridge, inventor and designer of the first laptop, died on Sept. 8, 2012. He died from cancer at the age of 69, according to an announcement by the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, where he worked as director.
Friends, relatives and fellow astronauts attended a private memorial service for Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, at the Camargo Club in Cincinnati Friday.
Scientists have released spectacular photos of the ringed planet Saturn and its largest moon Titan, captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
NASA's Curiosity rover is really beginning to pay off. Since setting up its high-definition cameras, the Mars rover has been sending back amazing views of the fourth planet. Now, NASA has assembled a high-quality panorama of the Martian surface, and the results are amazing.
As climate change warms the world's oceans and Arctic sea ice recedes to its lowest -ever recorded levels, China has taken advantage of it -- and may soon reap commercial benefits
For the first time astronomers have discovered that a tatooine-like planet, Kepler-47, orbits two suns-- SPACE reported. It's similar to Luke Skywalker's twin-suns-solar-system.
What do conspiracy theorists and free market ideologues have in common? They both deny climate change, according to a recent psychological study conducted b y the University of Western Australia.
Popular adage for aiming higher reads: Hitch your wagon to a star! And that is exactly what NASA and artist will.i.am seemed to be attempting as, for the first time in history, a recorded song was beamed to Earth from Mars Tuesday.
A prominent pediatric organization points to circumcision's health benefits, but stops short of decreeing that all male infants should go under the knife.
Michael Collins, sometimes called the "forgotten astronaut," flew with Buzz Aldrin and the late Neil Armstrong in Apollo 11, but never set foot on the moon.
When August 27th rolls around each year, many are led to believe it is "Mars Hoax Day," a time of year when the red planet comes so close to Earth that it appears as large as the full moon in the night sky. However, the hoax is just that. A hoax.
Neil Armstrong, who died Saturday, was one of the great American heroes of the 20th century. There was much more to him than the Apollo 11 mission, though, like having his hair stolen and that he described himself as a "nerdy engineer."
In honor of Neil Armstrong's passing, take a look at an odd and haunting piece of alternate history: a speech written for President Nixon in the event Armstrong was stranded on the moon. Luckily, Armstrong survived the mission and lived out the rest of his days in peace on Earth. But this letter shows a shocking look at what could have happened if the first man on the moon never came back.
Both Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney expressed sorrow at the news that Neil Armstrong, an American hero, died Saturday. Armstrong had previously criticized Obama for canceling scheduled explorations into space.
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, started his career in aeronautics in the Navy and flew jets during the 1950s.
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died at 82.
Researchers working in the relatively new field of "synthetic biology" aim to make biological parts as standardized as screws and nails. They're on the precipice of being able to do great things and perhaps change the nature of medical treatments and space travel.
Being the first ever movement on the Martian surface, Curiosity's drive combined forward, turn and reverse segments, placing the rover approximately 20 feet (6 meters) from the spot where it landed Aug. 5.
