On Aug. 9, 1976, the Soviet space program launched its last moon mission. Luna 24 was a robotic sample return…
A new way to move around Earth's outer atmosphere could soon get a field test.The Spanish company Kreios Space plans…
Every total solar eclipse is different. While the silhouette of the moon passing across the sun barely changes, the moment…
We're just a few short days away from the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse, when millions will watch as the…
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Aug. 8) from California's scenic central coast.A Falcon…
Northrop Grumman and the Canadian Space Agency will adapt what they had been working on for NASA’s lunar Gateway into…
Fans who'd grown up on the original "Star Wars" trilogy were adults when they went through the ordeal of Han,…
On Episode 222 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by space writer Rich Edwards…
Early risers will catch a spectacular sight in the predawn hours of Aug. 9, as the slender crescent moon shines…
On Aug. 8, 1977, the Salyut 5 space station fell out of space and burned up in Earth's atmosphere.Salyut 5…