A story that begins with three animals riding in a balloon ends with the discovery of protons impacting our atmosphere with ...

Galileo snaps Earth: NASA's Galileo spacecraft clicked its first image of Earth from outer space December 11, 1990, showcasing our blue planet from the depths of space. ATS-1 captures Earth ...

Similar to Perry, King bowed and embraced the earth on her return. Not everyone was excited about the ladies’ short trip to outer space. “I know this is not the cool thing to say, but there ...

Over the past decade, technological progress, market speculation and geopolitical competition have ushered in a second space age, building off humanity’s initial use of Earth’s orbit during ...

Meanwhile, China is pouring billions of dollars into developing advanced space capabilities, including anti-satellite weapons. These weapons, known as ASATs, could change modern life on Earth as ...

At least three old satellites or rocket bodies fall back to Earth every day, a new report reveals. And experts warn that the number of objects returning from space is set to increase, a possible ...

Following a seven-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two Russian cosmonauts landed safely in Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on Sunday ...

The center’s research has generated new insights into human medical conditions like bone loss and cancer—and could even lead to facilities in the not-so-distant future that orbit Earth while making ...

Perry followed, dropping to her knees and kissing the Earth. “I feel super connected to love,” Perry reportedly said after the flight, clutching a daisy she had taken into space.

One of the most spectacular galaxies in Earth's sky is the subject of a new image release to help celebrate 35 years of ...

April 20 (Reuters) - A Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner and NASA astronaut Donald Pettit has returned to Earth, Russia's Roscosmos space agency ...