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NASA has joined Instagram as a way to quickly share images of the universe from current and past missions.

On Friday, Sept. 6 at 11:27 p.m. ET NASA will launch its LADEE moon probe into space. You can watch coverage of the launch starting at 9:30 p.m. ET on NASA TV.

NASA has shortlisted four ellipse-shaped landing sites on an equatorial plain called Elysium Planitia.

NASA has announced the funding of six advanced technology concepts that could alter the future of space exploration.

NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg captured an image of the California Rim Fire from the International Space Station.

A solar storm heading toward Earth could harm some power grids and satellite services, according to NASA.

NASA released a collage made from the more than 1,400 images submitted as part of the "Wave at Saturn" campaign.

NASA announced the eight members of the 2013 Astronaut Candidate Class at the Johnson Space Center on Tuesday.

NASA wants to learn how to mine asteroids, which could hold millions of dollars of metals, and will launch the OSIRIS-REx mission in 2016 to gain the experience needed to make space mining a reality.

To celebrate its first year on Mars, the NASA Curiosity Rover sang Happy Birthday to itself, and possibly violated copyright laws.

One year ago, Curiosity's wheels touched down on the Martian surface.

NASA has created a visual map of all of the 1,397 potentially hazardous asteroids surrounding the Earth.

Retired astronaut Mark Kelly and his U.S. astronaut brother Scott Kelly will take part in a NASA study that will compare them while one is on Earth and the other is in space.

At 12:50 p.m. EDT on Friday, Aug. 2, US Navy SEAL Commander Chris Cassidy will discuss the Navy's role in space from the ISS.

Many amateur astronomers believe the Perseid meteor shower is the best sky-watching event year in and year out.

NASA will be testing the Orion Spacecraft's parachute in a drop test that will be feature a live stream with project scientists on July 24 beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT.

NASA released its official photos of Earth. The photos were taken from Saturn (by the Cassini spacecraft) and from Mercury (by the Messenger spacecraft).

Earth will be in the background of several images taken by NASA's Cassini and Messenger spacecraft beginning Friday.

NASA spacecraft were able to capture the process believed to be responsible for all solar eruptions on video during a recent solar flare.

NASA hopes a new laser system will improve communication and data transmissions from space.

NASA was able to observe the solar system's tail for the first time from data collected by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer satellite.