NASA's Dawn, locked in orbit around Vesta, has sent back the first ever close-up image of the asteroid (photos below).
Astronauts took amazing photos of the Aurora Australis phenomenon from space
The Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) was caught by photographers on space shuttle Atlantis last week as it enveloped the Southern Hemisphere of Earth.
The four astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis started their ninth gravity-free day with a special message from songstress Beyoncé Knowles, who gave a surprise inspirational message to the astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis Sunday morning.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft on Saturday has entered orbit around Asteroid Vesta to begin a year-long study of the second-most-massive object in the asteroid belt after the dwarf planet Ceres.
For the first time ever,researchers at the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has captured pictures and a 20-minute movie of a sun-grazing comet streaking directly in front of the sun.
Astronauts aboard space shuttle Atlantis captured an amazing view of green Aurora Australis or the Southern Lights on Thursday, while they passed west of Australia.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft orbits the asteroid vesta after a four year journey of getting there.
Space shuttle crew members have completed a maintenance job aboard Atlantis, NASA has said.
Beyonce Sends Surprise Wakeup Call to shuttle astronauts, listen to the song here.
President Barack Obama spoke with 10 astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station in a phone conversation Friday, offering his gratitude to those who have helped fly 135 shuttle missions in the past 30 years, USA Today reported.
NASA Dawn spacecraft will approach asteroid Vesta for a prolonged orbit. Engineers expect Dawn to be captured by Vesta's gravity and into a prolonged orbit at approximately 10 p.m. PDT Friday, reported NASA.
Steve Lindsey, NASA astronaut announced on Thursday, that he will leave the agency on Friday July 15, to pursue a career within the aerospace industry.
International Space Station had the messy task of repairing its clogged toilets on Wednesday.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft is set to begin a prolonged encounter with the asteroid Vesta on Friday, making the mission the first to enter orbit around a main-belt asteroid.
Scientists believe the images and information collected about Vesta will illuminate what happened in the early days of the universe.
Scientists believe the images and information collected about Vesta will illuminate what happened in the early days of the universe
The 135th and final flight in NASA's shuttle program, Atlantis has begun its final 12-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS) since July 8. Once the space shuttle comes back from space, the 30-year shuttle era will be over.
The 135th and final flight in NASA's shuttle program, Atlantis has begun its final 12-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS) since July 8. Once the space shuttle comes back from space, the 30-year shuttle era will be over.
The Atlantis crew is halfway through the 13-day mission, the last in NASA's space shuttle program. The crew plans to host a virtual dinner on Thursday, July 14.
NASA's Dawn probe is about to go into orbit around the Vesta asteroid, the second largest in an asteroid belt lying between Mars and Jupiter, in the culmination of a nearly four year journey.
R.E.M.’s front man Michael Stipe delivered a snippet of the band’s ‘Man on the Moon’ for the crew of Space Shuttle ‘Atlantis’ on Thursday morning to mark the closure of the space shuttle program.
