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The Dragon spacecraft is carrying an expandable habitat and mice as part of its cargo.

Elon Musk's spaceflight company has had three successful launches since the June 2015 crash.

Since December 2013, the spacecraft has discovered a total of 250 asteroids and comets as part of its mission to identify potentially hazardous near-Earth objects.

Creating an accurate and detailed map of the space environment of our solar system is a top priority for scientists planning future deep space missions.

The space agency, in collaboration with Microsoft, is working on a "mixed reality" exhibition that would offer the public a virtual tour of the red planet.

NASA has completed a comprehensive review of plans for its ground facilities at the Kennedy Space Center that would one day launch the Space Launch System rocket.

HD 80606b, which orbits a star 190 light-years from Earth, may finally help scientists discover how these hot Jupiters wind up so close to their parent stars.

Using data gathered by the Cassini spacecraft, which is currently locked in orbit around Saturn, scientists have identified the tallest mountain on the alien moon.

Until about 3 billion years ago, the moon used to spin on a different axis, showing a slightly different face to the Earth, a new study has revealed.

In new images captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, the dwarf planet's mysterious Occator Crater is revealed in all its glory.

Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft will perform double-duty as a cargo delivery vehicle and scientific investigation.

The “shock breakout” — a sharp blast of light created as the shock wave generated by the collapsing core of a star reaches its surface — was captured by NASA’s Kepler space telescope.

The RS-25 rocket engine would eventually power NASA’s Space Launch System — a successor to the agency’s now-defunct Space Shuttle program.

Kelly, who holds the American record for most time in space, made his first trip to space aboard the space shuttle Discovery in 1999.

The lander was originally scheduled for launch this month, but it was postponed after NASA failed to repair a leak in a vacuum enclosure.

NASA will be busy during the eclipse performing science in Indonesia and broadcasting from Micronesia.

Despite proclamations of potential doom, the celestial object was never a threat to hit the planet.

After returning to Earth, the astronaut has been busy with medical tests and public appearances.

The galaxy observed by the space telescope formed just 400 million years after the Big Bang.

The NASA astronaut landed in Kazakhstan late Monday night after a 340-day mission in space.

U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly, above, and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko spent 340 days aboard the International Space Station.