Russia releases cosmonaut Gagarin’s secret last words

One of the last things Yuri Gagarin did before making his pioneering voyage into space 50…

Cancelled NASA rocket resurfaces in private bid for tax dollars

Over the last six years, NASA has paid Alliant Techsystems of Minnesota more than $1 billion…

Researchers developing zero-gravity beer

The first space tourist flights may be several years away but a group of thirsty Australian…

Soyuz docks 50 years after Gagarin’s voyage

A Soyuz craft adorned with a portrait of the first man in space docked with the…

NASA announces new homes for its retiring space shuttles

The three retiring U.S. space shuttles will be going on display at museums in Florida, California…

Spacesuits Brought Onboard Endeavour Today

Technicians at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A will install the STS-134 crew's extravehicular mobility…

The Polaris filament network – Image

Credits: ESA/Herschel/SPIRE/Ph. André (CEA Saclay) for the Gould Belt survey Key Programme Consortium and A. Abergel…

Dense filaments of gas in IC5146 – Image

Credits: ESA/Herschel/SPIRE/PACS/D. Arzoumanian (CEA Saclay) for the “Gould Belt survey” Key Programme Consortium.

Mission Into Ice Clouds: Q&A with Pilot Bill Rieke

William Rieke is the research pilot for the Mid-latitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment.

NASA Schedules News Conference About Next Space Shuttle Launch

NASA managers will hold a news conference on Tuesday, April 19, at the agency's Kennedy Space…