After the end of the space shuttle program, NASA turned to private companies to fill the gap. That isn't working out for the ...

A former astronaut, Bowersox saw his own space station mission abruptly prolonged. He was up there with Don Pettit, who’s ...

There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...

The First Five Years" commemorates NASA's achievements from its inception in 1958 to its fifth anniversary in 1963. It ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

The technology of bringing humans back from space makes even the best in the business—NASA, Roscosmos and SpaceX—sweat.

After Friday's spectacle, a "planet parade" of this size won't appear in the night sky for several years, experts say.

Credit: NASA / JPL / DLR A moon of Jupiter about the size of Mercury likely has a several ... SEE ALSO: NASA spacecraft saw something incredible near Jupiter's Great Red Spot From left, moons ...

Mercury, the first planet from the sun, is about to stand out among the stars this week. But this brightness is not expected to last long.

SpaceX and NASA successfully launched the agency’s newest space telescope and solar research ... an aperture diameter of 20 cm, and six mercury cadmium telluride photodetector arrays.

“There was an issue with the hydraulic system on the ground side,” NASA launch commentator Derrol Nail said, adding that “everything was fine with the rocket and the spacecraft itself.