This graphic illustrates the major events during the Antares rocket’s climb into orbit with the Cygnus supply ship on the NG-16 mission. Credit: Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket will deliver a Cygnus supply ship into orbit Tuesday to begin a pursuit of the International Space Station.
Because of anticipated delays in spacesuit development, it is "not feasible" for NASA to land humans on the moon by the agency's hopeful deadline of 2024, a report has found.
Weather conditions are 80% "GO" for liftoff tonight at 5:56 p.m. EDT (2156 GMT).
There are plenty of opportunities to see the Perseid meteor shower at its peak this week, even if you can't see any "shooting stars" in person.
Image: BepiColombo skims past Venus
Red dwarf stars appear to flare preferentially at high latitudes, which might keep their exoplanets habitable instead of hellish.
SpaceX plans to acquire one of its competitors for broadband satellites — Swarm Technologies — as it continues to grow its Starlink megaconstellation.
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Meet bag, bottle and straw, three bits of plastic left on the beach.
Astronauts on the International Space Station held their own summer Olympics in orbit over the weekend with weightless synchronized swimming and more.
Scientists are using infrared to better explore Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the largest moon in our solar system.
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The International Space Station Expedition 65 crew recorded themselves on a day off after a long week of work having some weightless fun. From Earth orbit, 400 km above our planet, the crew present the very first Space Olympics.
With all the news recently about relatively young rocket companies successfully flinging their founders and some actual astronauts into space, it might be surprising that the rocket company with the most experience of all still hasn’t gotten its flagship new rocket off the ground with people yet. And after yet another delay, there is now no firm date for the launch of Boeing’s Starliner.
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Antares rocket from Virginia with Northrop Grumman’s 16th operational Cygnus resupply flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: Boeing
Boeing engineers at Cape Canaveral continue troubleshooting stuck valves in the propulsion system of the company’s Starliner crew capsule in hopes of resolving the problem — and understanding what caused it — in time to take off on an unpiloted test flight before the current launch window closes later this month.
Playmobil is launching an epic new replica of the USS Enterprise from "Star Trek" on Sept. 8 to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the sci-fi franchise's TV debut.
The Perseids, a rare eruption of nova RS Ophiuchi and a challenging dawn comet round out an amazing week of skywatching.
There’s even a world first coming to the tabletop game.
The Astro Restoration Project is now well underway towards its goal of bringing the STS-35 (and STS-67) mission hardware back to its as-flown condition.
Concentric ripples in galactic dust clouds triggered by a powerful black-hole X-ray burst can be seen in a new image released by NASA.
Live long and prosper with a collectible prop replica Medical Scanner and Hypospray set
NASA and Northrop Grumman are teaming up to launch a cargo capsule to the International Space Station today (Aug. 10) at 5:56 p.m. EDT (2156 GMT).
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