The orbiting Kepler telescope has spotted a Jupiter-sized planet around another star -- a sighting that demonstrates it can see Earth-like planets if they are out there, scientists reported on Thursday.
Endeavour shuttle landed safely today after completing a 16 day mission to the International Space Station.
The U.S. investment in the Apollo space program, which landed men on the moon, paid off handsomely, unlike the $100 billion plowed into the International Space Station, Apollo's pioneering astronauts said on Monday.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of when Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon. Today to mark the anniversary of Apollo 11 Google earth reached out for the moon allowing users to have a close up look at the moon.
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon, Google is now opening the door to everyone who wants to visit the moon virtually with its new Google Moon available on Google Earth.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration( NASA) will provide a unique audio time capsule on Monday in observance of the 40th anniversary of the first human landing on the moon.
Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc are close to a long-discussed search and online advertising deal, which could be announced in the next week.
The original recordings of the first humans landing on the moon 40 years ago were erased and re-used, but newly restored copies of the original broadcast look even better, NASA officials said on Thursday.
Space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts finally launched off into orbit on Wednesday on a flight to the international space station, making it its sixth attempt.
After more than a month's delay, space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts thundered into orbit Wednesday on a flight to the international space station, hauling up a veranda for Japan's enormous lab and looking to set a crowd record.
Heavy clouds near the Kennedy Space Center forced NASA to call off Sunday's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour on a mission to deliver a Japanese-built porch to the International Space Station.
NASA has canceled Saturday's launch attempt of space shuttle Endeavour on a construction mission to the International Space Station to assess possible damage from overnight lightning strikes, officials said.
Shuttle Endeavour is ready for liftoff for its latest mission to space on Saturday; however, forecasters are predicting a 60 percent chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms and electrical activity that could cause another delay.
NASA launched its first moon shot in ten years Thursday, sending up a pair of unmanned science probes from Cape Carneveral that will help determine where astronauts could land and set up camp in years to come.
NASA officials announced plans in Monday to launch space shuttle Endeavor on Wednesday after delaying the Saturday’s initial launch due to a hydrogen leak.
The launch of space shuttle Endeavour was delayed at least until Wednesday due to a leak of hydrogen in the venting system used to carry excess hydrogen safely away from the launch pad, NASA said Saturday .
NASA announced on Wednesday it will grant about $8 million to fund educational projects about global climate change.
NASA, which has tiptoed into the new world of social media with Twittering astronauts and Facebooking rovers, is taking the next step with an invitation-only outreach to the twedia to cover a space shuttle launch.
The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis was hit by a piece of debris that nicked part of its heat shield that caused a 21-inch stretch of nicks, although Nasa said that the damage did not appear to be serious.
On Monday, NASA astronauts said they will send tweets you from outer space to answers question and give updates from its space shuttle mission.
President Barack Obama on Monday announced a goal of ensuring 3 percent of the country's gross domestic product is spent on scientific research and development.
When NASA launched its shuttle Discovery on Sunday night, it didn't go alone into space.