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SpaceX is set to launch the first human spaceflight directly over Earth's polar regions on Monday -- a days-long, privately ...

the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing, and the Hubble Space Telescope's revelations. Notable accomplishments also cover the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Juno spacecraft, the Space Shuttle program ...

I used to hike through the woods at my grandparents' house. Now I'm trying to rekindle that tradition with my kids.

Space is one of the most dangerous frontiers, yet astronauts have repeatedly defied death through skill, technology, and ...

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore splashed down aboard a SpaceX capsule off the coast of Florida on Tuesday, accompanied by ...

Ground teams erupted in cheers as the gumdrop-shaped spacecraft named Freedom ... The effects of space travel has been studied in detail, from as early as the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, he noted. "We ...

The unbelievable story behind the ‘most terrifying’ image NASA has ever taken of astronaut Bruce McCandless II who did the first-ever untethered spacewalk.

One moment occurred in 1984 when NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II became the first human to spacewalk or float free from ...

The lunar lander, called Blue Ghost, settled onto the Moon's surface at 2:34 am CST (3:34 am EST; 08:34 UTC). A few dozen ...

All you need to know Their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully undocked ... full report Sunita Williams Return LIVE Updates: Apollo 11 astronaut Dr. Buzz Aldrin poste don X, "Congratulations ...