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A commercial supply ship bound for the International Space Station has exploded moments after liftoff. Orbital Sciences Corp.'s unmanned rocket blew up over the launch complex at Wallops Island, Virginia, just six seconds after liftoff...

Astronaut Scott Tingle spoke about exploring space at his alma mater UMass Dartmouth Wednesday. Tingle said it remains to be seen whether a space race with a country such as China is on the horizon. Tingle also said that nations should cooperate in space as a way of inspiring the entire human race...

NASA says a Russian Soyuz capsule carrying a U.S.-Russian crew has landed safely on the steppes of Kazakhstan after spending nearly six months in orbit on the International Space Station.       The agency said in a live broadcast that the capsule carrying American Mike Hopkins and Russians Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy touched down southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan at 9:24 a...

Due to the government shutdown, which is in its third day, NASA's "Mission To Mars" could be delayed up to two years.

NASA has aborted a spacewalk at the International Space Station because of a dangerous water leak in an astronaut's helmet.

Those of us who can see out of a window can get a pretty good view of what Sandy is bringing us. This view from space is just more proof of just how small people really are.

The first man to step on the moon has passed away. Neil Armstrong died early Saturday morning after some cardiovascular complications.

The latest mission from NASA has been making headlines everywhere. This new video of Curiosity shows the Mars rover as it gets ready to drive around the 'red planet'.

Mars is in the news these days thanks to the Curiosity rover which recently landed on the red planet. The goal of the six-wheeled robot is to find signs of life on Mars, and NASA also hopes that its 23 month mission will increase public awareness of the space program. But will it rekindle interest in sending a manned mission to Mars?

After an eight month journey, NASA’s multi-billion dollar rover Curiosity made a successful landing on Mars early this morning. Mission controllers cheered after the six-wheeled, one-ton machine made a perilous seven-minute landing involving a parachute, rocket pack and sky crane.