NASA has delayed astronauts' upcoming trip to the moon because of near-freezing temperatures expected at the launch site.
Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident are marking that tragic day 40 years ago.
The astronauts evacuated last week from the International Space Station say a portable ultrasound machine came in “super handy" during the medical crisis.
In a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has gotten a rare peek at the aftermath of two cosmic collisions — and helped scientists solve a decades-old mystery.
Billionaire spacewalker Jared Isaacman is back before the Senate after being yanked and then renominated by President Donald Trump for NASA's top job.
A U.S.-Russian crew of three has started a mission at the International Space Station after their launch on a Russian spacecraft.
Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover.
Prada heir Lorenzo Bertelli is set to play a major strategic role as executive chairman of Versace following the Prada Group's 1.25 billion-euro deal to acquire its rival.
Strong solar storms responsible for breathtaking auroras across the U.S. have delayed the launch of Blue Origin's big new rocket.
President Donald Trump is nominating Jared Isaacman to serve as his NASA administrator after all.
NASA has released the first radar images from a new Earth-mapping satellite showing the Maine coast and Minnesota farmland in incredible detail.
A supply ship has arrived at the International Space Station after a day's delay due to a premature engine shutdown.
NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life.
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star.
Four astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station after being sidelined by Boeing's Starliner trouble and other issues.
Russia’s space chief has visited the United States to discuss cooperation between Moscow and Washington on the International Space Station and lunar research with NASA’s acting chief, the first such face-to-face meeting in more than seven years.
NASA and India have paired up to launch an Earth-mapping satellite capable of tracking the slightest changes in land and ice.
The Trump administration has made it harder for people, local and state governments to find critical climate change reports.
The International Space Station's first visitors from India, Poland and Hungary are headed back to Earth.
More than 200 people across a half-dozen southern states have reported witnessing a fireball streak across the sky, and NASA has determined that it was a meteor.
The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary have arrived at the International Space Station, ferried there by SpaceX on a private flight.
A NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander.
A chartered spaceflight for India, Poland and Hungary's first astronauts in decades has been delayed indefinitely because of leak concerns at the International Space Station.
It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all.
NASA's oldest full-time astronaut is back home and doing well a week after wrapping up a seven-month space mission.
A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut safely landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, concluding a 220-day mission aboard the International Space Station.
Blue Origin launched a historic human spaceflight on Monday morning from West Texas, and the crew in the New Shepard rocket’s 31st mission was made up of all women.
The nominee for NASA's top job is outlining his vision for space exploration, highlighting Mars.
The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck.
NASA's Webb telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's hit list.
A bitcoin investor is headed to space with three polar explorers on the first flight to carry people over the North and South poles.
NASA's celebrity astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams say they would fly on Boeing's Starliner capsule again.
The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a stunning backdrop.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aren’t the first to run late in space, and their 9 ½-month mission falls short of any endurance record.
On an episode of “The Story Behind the AP Story,” Associated Press space writer Marcia Dunn discusses the space odyssey of NASA’s two stuck astronauts.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to Earth after being stuck in space for more than nine months.
A SpaceX capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering the replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts.
A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole.
NASA's two stuck astronauts are just a few weeks away from finally returning to Earth after nine months in space.
Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes rush to track its course.