The nations capable of space flight are increasingly turning ambitions toward the stars, but early pioneer Russia may be ...

Thousands of NASA employees will be leaving the agency in the span of a few months, and the reason why raises many concerns ...

How we talk about space exploration shapes the futures we imagine and build. This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert ...

Gagarin's success made him an international hero and a symbol of the Soviet Union's achievements in space exploration.

The dates are in recognition of the Oct. 4, 1957 launch of the first human-made Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, thus opening the way for space ...

Over six missions, 12 astronauts explored the lunar surface, collecting samples and conducting experiments that deepened our ...

Image specialist Andy Saunders on mining NASA's archives for the ultimate record of America's early space programs ...

Recognizing that space is now an integral component of present-day society, the Royal Society (the U.K. academy of sciences) has recently completed a report that explores the potential implications of ...

HOUSTON—As NASA prepares for a new era of human deep-space exploration with the Artemis program, it is joining with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish capabilities ...

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Key programmes led from JPL include the Europa Clipper, the asteroid-hunting Psyche probe, and the Deep Space Network that ...

The sight of a rocket piercing the sky, carrying a billionaire to the edge of space, has become a defining image of our time. Figures like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson are celebrated as ...