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NASA's plan to test its new moon rocket fell short of a scheduled eight-minute test-firing Saturday in Mississippi, as the engines were shut down at just over a minute into the test.

Officials forecast than 50 launches from Florida's Space Coast this year  Spaceflight Now

NASA's plan to return astronauts to the moon must pass a crucial test Saturday, with the agency planning an eight-minute test-firing of the SLS moon rocket in Mississippi.

Three containers of samples brought back to Earth by Apollo astronauts remain sealed today. Now is the right time to open one of them, some scientists contend.

Blue Origin, the space exploration company co-founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, is getting ready to start passenger flights as soon as this spring, according to one media report.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA declared the Mars digger dead Thursday after failing...

It's New Shepard's 14th mission overall, but it's the first for both the redesigned crew capsule and its booster.

Blue Origin flew a new model of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Jan. 14, a flight the company says brings it "really close" to finally flying people.

On a fall day in Philadelphia when my mother was 13, she walked out of class and saw people sobbing in the hallway. "What happened?" she asked. It was the day that President John F. Kennedy was shot. School was dismissed. Everyone went home and glued themselves to the television

Josh Dobbs will be joining NASA Astronaut Victor Glover, who is aboard the International Space Station, to answer questions from STEM students

He's no one's favorite to get the gig. Yet he shouldn't be counted out. He has characteristics that could make him very good at the job.

The ISS will soon take delivery of new solar arrays after NASA discovered the existing ones are starting to degrade.

Star quarterback Aaron Rodgers led the Green Bay Packers to a 13-3 record and the No. 1 seed in the NFC, and after another spectacular individual performance during the regular season, Rodgers is likely to win another NFL MVP award.

Little Orpheus, The Chinese Room's cinematic platformer, will be updated with Episode Nine soon

The Arecibo Observatory was not only a window to the universe, but also a treasured second home to the Drake family.

A novelist considers her Finnish immigrant ancestors when writing about fictional Mars colonists

Researchers from Kyoto University are developing a satellite made from wood that would burn up completely at the end of its life to reduce the amount of human-made waste floating in space.

An uncrewed cargo Dragon capsule is scheduled to splash down off the Florida coast on Monday evening roughly 12 hours after its departure from the International Space Station.

After just over a month docked at the ISS, SpaceX's upgraded Cargo Dragon spacecraft is about to undock and return to Earth loaded with experiments.

From the archives: NASA's three worst disasters are clustered at the end of January.