A solar flare that erupted on Tuesday in the Sun is heading towards the Earth and could disrupt power grids and satellites. The flare, which is backed by a small radiation storm and a spectacular coronal mass ejection (CME), might stimulate auroras on Thursday.
A Soyuz spacecraft blasted off for the International Space Station on Wednesday with a Russian, American and a Japanese astronaut on board.
The sun unleashed an unusual solar flare on early Tuesday, a small radiation storm and a spectacular coronal mass ejection (CME) from a sunspot complex on the solar surface. The flare peaked at 1:41 a.m. ET, according to NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).
Satoshi Furukawa, a Japanese astronaut, has said that he will try to grow cucumbers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) when he arrives there later this week.
An image of the space shuttle Endeavour docked at the ISS.
Scientists were successful in trapping antimatter for over 16 minutes, long enough to begin to study their properties in detail.
NASA will test several new sounding rocket technologies on June 9 at the NASA Launch Range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia
NASA space shuttle Atlantis is at the Launch Pad 39A, getting ready for its targeted July 8 launch to the International Space Station, which will close 30 years of space shuttle program.
A look back at some of Endeavour's most memorable moments.
Space travel has always been risky, but few realize just how numerous--and at times odd--the threats can be.
NASA space shuttle Endeavour made its final flight landing on the runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center at 2:34 am EDT after the completion of STS-134 mission. Endeavour's astronauts gave a brief review during STS-134 crew news conference.
Space shuttle Endeavour landed for the final time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center after 248 orbits around Earth and a journey of 6,510,221 miles on STS-134, setting the stage for the launch of next space shuttle Atlantis.
NASA space shuttle Endeavour has landed for the final time at Kennedy Space Center after 248 orbits around Earth and a journey of 6,510,221 miles on STS-134 mission. Endeavour's next 'mission' will be attracting guests to the California Science Center museum in Los Angeles.
NASA has rolled its fourth space-rated space shuttle, OV-104 Atlantis, to launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a three-mile trip, ahead of her July 8 mission to the International Space Station.
Endeavour hove into view through the night skies above Kennedy Space Centre just after 0230 EDT (0635 GMT), bringing its six-man crew home after a 16-day mission to deliver a premier science experiment to the International Space Station on NASA's second-to-last shuttle flight.
The isolated ex-Soviet state Turkmenistan is planning to set up its own space agency, according to official newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan.
After a 19-year career and 299 days spent in space, the youngest NASA shuttle Endeavour touched down for the last time at approximately 2:36 am Eastern. It landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Recent observations at NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have revealed astonishing pictures of tiny crystals of a green mineral called olivine which are falling down as rain on a burgeoning star. This has been the first time that such observations have been made in the dusty clouds of gas that collapse around forming stars.
Endeavour is set to make its final return voyage to Earth.
The 6-member crew of space shuttle Endeavour began its two-day journey back to the Earth from the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday 11:55 pm (EDT) after delivering a $2 billion payload - Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle detector or a cosmic ray detector - and a pallet of spare parts intended to tide over the orbital outpost after the shuttle program ends.
US space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station (ISS), Sunday, and began its journey back to earth, marking the end of its 16-day mission of upgrading the orbiting space laboratory.
NASA space shuttle Endeavour has left the International Space Station for the last time late Sunday and is headed home ending nearly two weeks of joint flight. Endeavour's next mission will be attracting guests to the California Science Center museum in Los Angeles.
