Space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The next SpaceX resupply launch to the International Space Station, scheduled for Sunday (Dec. 6), will carry a host of science gear to the astronauts living and working on the orbiting laboratory. 

For the second time ever, humanity has brought asteroid samples down to Earth.

Dr. Michaela Musilova is the director of Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) program, which conducts analog missions to the moon and Mars for scientific research at a habitat on the volcano Mauna Loa. Currently, she is in command of the two-week Selene II mission and contributed this report […]

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station on Saturday (Dec. 5), and you can watch it live here. 

For a quarter of a century, the ESA-NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has been essential in helping scientists understand the heart of our Solar System, the Sun. The SOHO mission launched 25 years ago this week, and to celebrate, ESA compiled a wonderful mosaic of images, and NASA put […]

Spoilers decloaking off the port bow! Unlike some other sci-fi shows of the past and present, “Star Trek: Discovery” on CBS All Access credits different writers and directors with different episodes. And while it could be said that this approach offers a little variation, it can definitely be said that […]

On Dec. 4, 1965, NASA launched the crewed Gemini 7 spacecraft on a two-week-long mission in low-Earth orbit. This was the fourth crewed flight of NASA’s Gemini program and the 12th crewed mission for the United States. In Photos: Gemini 7 Makes 1st Crewed Rendezvous with Gemini 6A