According to the CIA, the name Area 51 comes from its map designation. It was also previously referred to as “Paradise Ranch” to make the facility sound more attractive to those that would be working ...

See the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the Milky Way galaxy in this time-lapse view from the International Space Station.

NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) are bringing us closer than we’ve been in decades to regular lunar exploration and scientific discovery. As a scientist, I admire what these ...

The spacecraft's NavCam 1 - one of three cameras that comprised its 'Touch-and-Go' camera system - snapped the photo 804,000 miles (1,297,000 kilometers) from Earth and 735,000 miles (1,185,000 ...

The moon is getting a new visitor, as the Japanese company ispace has entered lunar orbit with its Resilience lander.

Semiconductors designed for spacecraft face a range of extreme conditions that impact aging. A reliable source of power is ...

On Monday, NASA said that Cosmos 482 will return to Earth sometime between Wednesday, May 7, and May 13. The spacecraft is ...

An aerospace engineer explains why NASA, Space Force and other agencies are using or testing aerobraking for more ...

And Back - The Super Soldiers Defending the Kuiper Belt On April 7, 2016, the team running NASA’s New Horizons mission were ...

Several rockets are scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California this month. You can see them in Arizona even. Here's how.

Japanese company ispace says its second lunar lander in now in orbit around the moon ahead of a landing attempt in early June ...

Blue Ghost took a more direct route to the moon, arriving in lunar orbit on Feb. 13 and touching down on Earth's nearest ...