When Space Shuttle Discovery touched down for the last time at Kennedy Space Center Runway 15 on March 9, 2011, it brought to an end a 27-year career of spaceflight. Discovery flew to space 39 times, ...

A common saying often attributed to Oscar Wilde is that "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness," and the latest example of that comes from the space race.

Astronomers have long been concerned about reflections from satellites showing up in images taken by telescopes and other ...

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), one of the architects of the Discovery moving plan, said that Isaacman is on board.

Former ISS Program Manager Michael Suffredini reviews the creation of the International Space Station, detailing assembly, ...

Inside the American Museum of Natural History's glass cube, the Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and ...

After the International Space Station is decommissioned, China and possibly Russia will have active space stations in low Earth orbit. America will not.

The Hubble Space Telescope is a masterwork of engineering and human ingenuity. Hubble is comparable in size and weight to a large school bus, but its contributions to science and astronomy could fill ...

Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, with millions of pieces orbiting the Earth, and humans need to figure out a way to deal with it.

In the vast silence of space, where every second counts and precision isn't just a luxury—it's survival—astronauts have long turned to their wrists for more than telling time. They've relied on ...