SPACE

A worker on the space shuttle Endeavour fell to his death this morning on the launch pad.

Can LaserMotive, which is developing a truly 21st-century power beaming technology for a space elevator, dominate the solar system?

Could the ambitious project of developing a laser-powered space elevator, a 'railway line' into space, turn science fiction into reality?

The Space Shuttle Endeavour prepares for its final mission today, moving from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad.

Will there be chaos, a flurry of natural disasters and extreme weather on March 19 when the moon will come close to Earth? The full moon at lunar perigee, the closest approach during its orbit, can wreak havoc on Earth, according to astrologers. But the scientific community doesn't see reason for hiding under the table and stocking up supplies though it doesn’t rubbish the impact of the phenomenon altogether.

Discovery lands for the final time, ending a remarkable 30-year career.

The Discovery spends its last full day in space with some live music and routine check ups.

NASA finds itself in a sticky situation over the meteorite alien life report from one of its own.

William Shatner gives the the crew members of the space shuttle Discovery and its crew members an epic wake up call.

The crew of the space shuttle Discovery gets a message from Captain Kirk.

A prototype miniature space shuttle blasted off aboard an unmanned Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Saturday for a demonstration run that could last as long as nine months.

The U.S. Air Force's second mysterious robotic mini space vehicle, X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, blasted off from Cape Canaveral, carrying classified payload. Soon after the launch a media blackout shrouded the mission, fuelling speculation about its possible military purposes.

Siberian craftsman Anatoly Konenko is responsible for the smallest aquarium in the world.

NASA said its Glory mission launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Friday at 5:09:45 a.m. EST failed to reach orbit.

President Barack Obama unleashing surprising sense of humor on Discovery astronauts in a lighthearted conversation on Robonaut 2, the first humanoid in space.

President Obama tells Discovery astronauts talks about the Discovery shuttle and gives ISS commander Scott Kelly an update on his sister-in-law, senator Gabrielle Giffords.

For two years sunspots nearly disappeared. Now a team of researchers may have found where they went.

Among the new solar systems discovered by the Kepler spacecraft are planets that share orbits and one that orbits its star in a single day.

The crew of the Discovery space shuttle has installed the Permanent Multipurpose Module onto the underside of the International Space Station.

Greg Laughlin, an astrophysicist from the University of California at Santa Cruz has evolved a formula to come up with a monetary valuation for planets in the Universe, according to which planet Earth is the most expensive at 3000 trillion pounds, or almost $5000 trillion!

Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, LLC announced yesterday the first ever commercial contract to fly scientists into space for the purpose of conducting research experiments.