Science / Space

People who got up early to watch the Falcon 9 rocket's pre-dawn launch were treated to an ethereal spectacle, when a cloud of illuminated gases moved across the sky.

The return of three Americans and one German marks the busiest period yet for Elon Musk's space taxi service.

They launched from Kennedy Space Center and they will spend close to half a year aboard the station.

Three rich businessmen returned from the International Space Station with their astronaut escort Monday, wrapping up a pricey trip that marked NASA's debut as a B&B host.

They'll splash down off the coast of Florida on Wednesday, about a day after leaving the ISS.

NASA should send probes to the ice giant planet of Uranus and to a moon of Saturn where conditions could be right for life. Those are some of the recommendations in a new report to the space agency.

At a distance of some 9 billion light-years away, two massive black holes are dancing a cosmic waltz.

A crew of four is on its way to the International Space Station after launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the first all-private space mission to the station.

Sharon Hagle hopes to share her experience in space with future explorers — and highlight all the different career paths that lead to space.

it will test the rocket and spacecraft’s capabilities for carrying astronauts on the more-than-250,000-mile journey to the moon.

NASA’s next moon rocket is on the move, leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building Thursday afternoon and heading to a launch pad at Kennedy Space Center for a critical test before launching later this year.

A rocket part set to slam into the far side of the moon Friday morning highlights the growing issue of space junk in orbit around Earth, experts say.