The next stop was a nearby building where the Launch Abort System was installed on the Orion spacecraft. The tower-like abort system would pull the capsule away from its rocket in the event of a ...

A planetary scientist who has participated in analog missions describes their value for planning space exploration – and ...

NASA will announce the first class of astronauts in four years who could one day be eligible for missions to the moon and Mars.

The International Space Station (ISS) will be deorbited by NASA by 2030, as the new era of commercial spaceflight is about to ...

It will be several years before any of these new commercial space stations circle the Earth at around 17,500 miles per hour ...

Joan Higginbotham, who spent 12 days aboard the International Space Station and on a NASA Shuttle mission, now promotes STEM subjects in her role at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex ...

NASA unveiled 10 recruits who will undergo training to become eligible for future missions that could carry humans deeper ...

Blue Origin has rolled out its second New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral for a late-October launch. The mission will send NASA’s twin ESCAPADE probes to Mars, marking the rocket’s first deep-space ...

NASA and Northrop Grumman had delayed the arrival of a Cygnus XL spacecraft to the orbital outpost after an issue with its main engine was detected. Flight engineers were able to determine that it ...

Humans have continuously inhabited the International Space Station since November 2, 2000. NASA plans to deorbit the ISS in 2030, transitioning to commercially owned space stations. Private companies ...

NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex remains open during the government shutdown. Admission to Kennedy Space Center starts at $77 for adults and $67 for kids. Senior and military discounts are ...