The worlds first artificial satellite, the Soviet Unions Sputnik 1, was launched in October 1957. Just three months later, it ...

Since the dawn of the space age, human exploration beyond Earth's atmosphere has served as the definitive showcase for ...

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Despite centuries of efforts to map our planet precisely, our view of the world will always be political and imperfect.

1807: Parliament abolishes slave trade throughout the British Empire. On the same day, the first fare-paying, passenger railway service in the world is established on the Oystermouth Railway in ...

"It is likely to be in the timeframe of late this calendar year or early next year for the next Starliner flight." ...

The Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and rocket boosters have now been stood up and mated in preparation for NASA's ...

NASA said on Thursday it was moving toward certifying Boeing's CST-100 Starliner for crewed flights later this year or by ...

The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet (140 ...

The Odysseus spacecraft made a rough landing on the moon last year, toppling over and rendering much of its equipment unusable, but an onboard NASA radio telescope called ROLSES-1  was able to make so ...

"We report the discovery of one of the most distant galaxies known to date," astrophysicist Joris Witstok told Newsweek.