NASA has long been highly visible and is among the most celebrated programs in modern United States history. Some generations ...

The shuttle even did a promotional tour of the area, flying into the Central Coast base on the back of a Boeing 747.

The year 2000 (Y2K) problem, also known as the millennium bug, was a major source of computer concerns 25 years ago. It was expected to cause computers to fail and lead to critical disruptions in ...

On Christmas Eve, an autonomous spacecraft flew past the Sun, closer than any human-made object before it. Swooping through ...

The art of space mission patches is now more than six decades old, dating to the Vostok 6 mission in 1963 that carried Soviet ...

A new documentary focuses more on how Christa McAuliffe still inspires others as a teacher and less on her fate aboard the ...

Crew members aboard the International Space Station celebrate the holiday season in a unique way while living and working at ...

Space station crews spend the holidays away from family and friends, but that doesn’t stop them from celebrating in space.

NASACrew members aboard the International Space Station celebrate the holiday season in a unique way while living and working at the orbitin ...

Before Christa McAuliffe was an astronaut, she was a vibrant teacher in New England keen on showing her students how everyday people left extraordinary marks on U.S. history.

US astronaut Leroy Chiao has been on three space missions and event spent months living in space, only to bizarrely see his ...

These lasers could eventually help power lunar bases and missions to Mars ... these components means it's challenging to send them to space. Related: 'It invites us to reconsider our notion ...