NASA is quietly racing to close a dangerous gap in its launch security, warning that Kennedy Space Center needs a dedicated ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- A very special item tucked quietly away aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger before it exploded has finally made it to space, 31 years after the accident. "It was amazing the ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s been a long wait, but it could pay off any day now. Last year, NASA announced an upcoming nova outburst that’s expected to pop off overhead around 3,000 light-years from Earth.

In an effort to oust the Soviets in the space race, NASA’s Mariner I spacecraft was prepared to make history as the first spacecraft to complete a flyby survey of Venus. Then, on July 22, 1962, the ...