Hubble detects a tiny fourth moon around Pluto

The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a tiny fourth moon orbiting the distant icy dwarf planet…

NASA fends off tears with shuttle’s end in sight

NASA astronauts and engineers fended off tears Wednesday as Atlantis made its final approach toward Earth,…

U.S. shuttle bids farewell to space station

The crew of the Atlantis bade a bittersweet farewell to astronauts on the International Space Station…

Russia launches giant telescope in deep space return

Russia on Monday launched into space its Spektr-R radio telescope planned to be the most powerful…

Astronauts pack up for last shuttle ride home

The shuttle Atlantis astronauts finished packing more 2 tons of old equipment and trash from the…

NASA probe enters orbit around asteroid Vesta

A robotic NASA science probe slipped into orbit around the potato-shaped asteroid Vesta on Saturday to…

U.S. astronauts gird for post-shuttle era

Former chief astronaut Steve Lindsey announced his retirement this week, the latest in a series of…

NASA troubleshooting Atlantis shuttle computer

NASA was troubleshooting one of five primary computers on board the Atlantis space shuttle on Friday…

NASA brings orbital dining down to Earth

Armchair astronauts can take their dreams to the dining table on Thursday -- NASA is hosting…

Atlantis crew unpacks, rocks out to ‘Rocket Man’

The crew of NASA's final space shuttle mission restocked the International Space Station with tons of…