Just over 50 years ago, paleontologist Donald Johnson unearthed the remains of "Lucy," an ancient human relative who lived ...

For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has put a payload in orbit using its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket.

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Texas A&M has entered into an agreement with Aegis Aerospace to create a facility on the International Space Station that ...

The two astronauts who piloted the Boeing Starliner’s first crewed test flight responded to a claim from President Donald ...

The space station and one other Easter egg — the site of NASA's next human moon landing — are hidden in this lucky photo.

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Cady Coleman, a retired NASA astronaut, revealed in the same interview that the astronauts don't get any special overtime ...

Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp outlined the cutbacks in a Thursday morning email to employees, who were later notified of their job status via emails.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Billy Wilmore's trip was only supposed to last eight days – but the duo have been stuck ...

Many photos McCarthy has taken of the space station in the past show the ship as a silhouette in Earth's shadow. This time he ...