How do we power missions in the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond? The solution, developed in the '60s, can last ...

Since those early steps, extravehicular activity has helped provide the solutions to many problems that astronauts face in ...

On an episode of “The Story Behind the AP Story,” Associated Press space writer Marcia Dunn discusses the space odyssey of ...

Wilmore and Williams, both former U.S. Navy test pilots, expected to remain in orbit for about 10 days on the mission, which was called Crew Flight Test (CFT). The main goal was to show that Starliner ...

Astronaut Edgar Dean Mitchell's experience in space led him to found the Institute of Noetic Sciences, which explores the science behind psychic and spiritual phenomena.

Developed as a two-seater, low-wing monoplane, the Doodlebug was powered by a 110 HP Warner Scarab radial engine, which gave ...

The “city under the ice” revealed a hidden chapter of the Cold War era and gave rise to a new field of scientific inquiry. As ice melt accelerates, its story isn’t over yet.

An appeals court on Friday lifted a block on executive orders seeking to end government support for diversity, equity and inclusion programs, handing the Trump administration a ...

The delayed mission means the two astronauts who've been "stuck" in space can't leave until March 19 at the earliest.

The Blue Ghost lunar lander, operated by Firefly Aerospace from Texas, became the first commercial spacecraft to image an eclipse from the moon.

Nuclear pulse propulsion is a technology that would work. It was being developed in the 1960s but it was stopped because of ...