
Space Shuttle Leaves for Museum Display
Atlantis is on the move, traveling almost 10 miles to reach its new location at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Atlantis is on the move, traveling almost 10 miles to reach its new location at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Further study of the glow could shed light on the complex chemical reactions going on in Titan's atmosphere
Curiosity's analysis of soil from the Gale Crater is consistent with a time of transition from a wet to a dry environment
Orion, which is designed to take humans to the moon, asteroids and Mars, could carry up to four astronauts
The country is pouring funds into new tech, with an eye on future lunar exploration
Researchers can now calculate and use the fireball trajectory to trace the meteorite back to its origins in the Asteroid Belt
Felix Baumgartner broke the mark for highest-ever skydive after leaping from a balloon more than 38 kilometers above Earth's surface on October 14
The spiral, created by a red giant's companion star, lets astronomers see when layers of the red giant were lost
The 1,000-pound delivery included supplies and a sweet treat of ice cream for the astronauts
Moving the 70-metric-ton orbiter from LAX to the California Science Center is no easy task, but lucky Angelinos can watch the trek from viewing centers around the city
The newest measurements, courtesy of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, come from infrared observations of distant variable stars
The vessel only hopped six feet this time but paves the way for more reusable spaceflight components
The "wakes" of pulsar planets could help astronomers understand how planets form around the energetic bodies
The station may have to perform a "debris avoidance maneuver," but the crew is not in danger
The "time tunnel into the distant past" gives us a glimpse of galaxies as they looked up to 13.2 billion years ago
The exact launch date of the hush-hush mission hasn't been revealed
The $2.5-billion robot has performed its first contact-science operations
New information from NASA's MESSENGER probe suggests that the mysterious innermost planet is much more similar to certain meteorites than to other planets in the solar system
The retired Endeavour is the third of four shuttles to be delivered to museums this year
The mission will be the first of twelve contracted supply deliveries by SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft
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