Some people aren't content with merely taking pictures on the surface of Mars--they want to plant their flag and colonize the red planet as soon as possible. And by some people I mean the Dutch company behind the proj...

Voyager I, the space probe launched 35 years ago, has gone farther tha...  ...'s Jet Propulsion Lab, Edward Stone, told me. The spacecraft is on its way out -- "it's leaving the solar syst...  ...has to go or what that transition to interstellar space will look like. Voya...

Soviet cosmonauts usually returned to Earth by landing on the ground, often in vast stretches of wilderness. They had to be prepared to survive until pickup, and even went armed to ensure their safety. Current Russi...

NASA has confirmed that Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins went through customs upon their return to Earth and the United States. They filled out the above form, declaring their travel itinerary and that...

The Juno spacecraft , after a planned launch in August, will travel to...

You have heard of space chimps, now it’s time for space CHIPS. Could the future of space exploration be to create tiny micro-machine sized space craft? Some researchers feel this will be the mor...  ...ers feel this will be the more e...

Now I'm not talking about whistling in a vacuum. I...  ...pting to do so would fail. But even astronauts on spacewalks in protective suits can't whistle. Why not? Form...  ...] Jeff Hoffman, a retired astronaut with three spacewalks (including a mission to repair the Hubble telesco...  ...ble telescope) has...

It’s always interesting to me when people start...  ...ng economics into such other worldly endeavors as space exploration . However financial gain will ultimately be the dr...

(YouTube link) "Per Aspera Ad Astra" (through hardships to the stars), part four of The Sagan Series, is a promotion for NASA. Creator Reid Gower, is admired by NASA, but they have no funding for public relations wh...

I fell into a burning ring of fire I went down, down, down And the flames went higher And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire The ring of fire Japan's Hinode x-ray telescope satellite captured this image...