On March 7, 1962, NASA launched the first Orbiting Solar Observatory. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] ...

The idea uses a "starshade" to let astronomers find Earth-like exoplanets, even with existing ground-based telescopes.

Dennis Scholl’s artwork on view at Orlando Museum of Art is inspired by NASA and space, but also serves as a voyage through ...

President Donald Trump this week said he believes he’ll have “the honor of taking Cuba” soon. Without declaring a formal ...

On February 20, 1962, NASA launched an astronaut into orbit around the Earth for the first time. John Glenn was the third American to launch into space and the third human to orbit Earth. Two Soviet ...

Apollo 11 first landed astronauts on the Moon in 1969, but the journey to the lunar surface actually began 43 years before, ...

Here’s a look at the life of astronaut James Lovell. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1928 Death date: August 7, 2025 Birth place: Cleveland, Ohio Birth name: James Arthur Lovell Jr. Father: James ...

Bell Labs also developed some of the rocket technology that launched the satellite, a byproduct of an antiballistic missile ...

This is the story of a man who never went to space himself, but, had they not been at that console, the space program might look very different.

Iconic tough-guy martial artist and actor Chuck Norris, best know for playing the title character of the TV series "Walker, Texas Ranger," has died.

The Cape Canaveral site is where John Glenn launched to orbit. Now it will host Stoke Space's Nova rocket; an effort toward ...