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NASA's all-female spacewalk is back on

NASA astronauts Christina Koch (left) and Jessica Meir are scheduled to conduct the first all-female spacewalk on Oct. 21.

NASA's all-female spacewalk is back on

October 9, 2019, 10:45 a.m. by Noel Kirkpatrick

With spacesuit problem resolved, history is about to be made.

Scientists may have discovered the origin of life

May 18, 2010, 9:29 p.m. by Katherine Butler

New information may solve mystery about why the universe is composed of matter and not antimatter.

Color-changing planets could reveal alien life

May 17, 2010, 2:36 p.m. by Katherine Butler

Scientists think light flickers from exoplanets may show the presence of oceans, continents, and perhaps life.

Space Shuttle Atlantis: Things you didn't know

May 13, 2010, 3:27 p.m. by Katherine Butler

As Atlantis gets ready for it's final flight, experts share cool, little known facts about the iconic shuttle.

Mars likely to remain free of Earth's microbes

May 11, 2010, 3:56 p.m. by Katherine Butler

New study looks to see if Earth's bacteria could survive on the red planet.

Astronauts work in space, or 65 feet underwater

May 11, 2010, 3:36 p.m. by Katherine Butler

NASA re-creates conditions of moon, Mars in underwater lab.

Aerospace pioneer plans private moon base

May 10, 2010, 11:56 p.m. by Katherine Butler

Robert Bigelow wants to assemble a lunar base in space and fly it to the moon.

New solar satellite may help clean up space junk

May 4, 2010, 8:29 p.m. by Katherine Butler

British scientists are developing a solar sail designed to clear space of dangerous debris.

Space tourism just got a bit cheaper

May 3, 2010, 5:21 p.m. by Katherine Butler

At $102,000 a ride, Space Adventures is selling 'cheap seats' on new suborbital rocket ships.

Scientists eager to find alien life get big boost

April 29, 2010, 3 p.m. by Katherine Butler

28 future science missions planned to look for extraterrestrial life.

NASA's new asteroid mission could avert disaster on Earth

April 19, 2010, 8:12 p.m. by Katherine Butler

Part of Obama's mission to reach Mars is preventing asteroids from hitting our planet.

President Obama offers bold new course for NASA

April 15, 2010, 6:22 p.m.

Video: President Obama lays out his vision for the future of NASA and for maintaining U.S. leadership in human space flight in remarks at John F. Kennedy Space Center.

NASA icons blast Obama's new space program plans

April 14, 2010, 10:39 a.m.

Video: Former astronauts Neil Armstrong, James Lovell and Gene Cernan urge President Obama to reconsider what they warn could be 'devastating' new policies for the future of NASA.