China's new Haolong space cargo shuttle. See it launch in this animation. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central ...

A new commander has taken charge aboard the ISS as three crew members prepare for their return to Earth—just in time for one ...

Apr. 15, 2025 — First ever supercomputer simulations of Mars with a fully molten core could explain the Red Planet's unusual magnetic field. Billions of years ago, Mars had an active magnetic field.

Back then, the elements that eventually coalesced into the Gateway were geared toward a nebulous initiative to capture a ...

It was 28 January 1986, and the Space Shuttle Challenger was gearing up for take off. The crew had been taken twenty stories up the launch tower in a lift, with all seven members dressed in their ...

It was 28 January 1986, and the Space Shuttle Challenger was gearing up for take off. The crew had been taken twenty stories up the launch tower in a lift, with all seven members dressed in their ...

Golden Dome is a clear sign that the Trump administration is willing to reconsider policies that have long held the lid on U.S. efforts to fully realize the warfighting potential of space, though in ...

Lightning flashed in the distance as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A, carrying a Dragon spacecraft with four astronauts on a journey no other space traveler has taken ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Sierra Space has been working on a spacecraft with the nostalgia of NASA's space shuttle program. Dream Chaser, a cargo space plane capable of runway landings, is set to launch for the first time ...

Being a 4+ set, it's ideal for the youngest Lego builders, made with larger pieces to make building easier for little hands. It features a space shuttle, two astronauts and a funky little alien.

Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, and other pioneering cosmonauts came almost as close, as did NASA shuttle astronauts in 1990. A polar orbit is ideal for climate and Earth-mapping satellites as ...