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Record-setting NASA astronaut Christina Koch is continuing her mission to inspire the next generation of explorers.

The agency will work with Axiom Space to find a window for the Houston-based company's second ISS mission, which is targeted to lift off between fall 2022 and spring 2023.

On Saturday (Dec. 11), the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope was secured atop the Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket that will send it into the final frontier from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch no earlier than Dec. 24, 2021.

The launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been delayed yet again.

Two European Space Agency astronauts are set to begin exploring Mars after they land on toy store shelves. Playmobil, in cooperation with ESA, is set to release its new Mars Expedition playset.

Laura Shepard Churchley is now the 372nd American to fly into space. Her dad was the first. Churchley followed in her father's flight trajectory by flying on board Blue Origin's New Shepard.

The James Webb Space Telescope is relying on its iconic, gold mirror to do groundbreaking science.

Satellites operated by Maxar Technologies and Planet have captured striking views of the damage inflicted by last week's tornados.

Unlike Earth-based deliveries, this orbital one was full of canned goods.

Science studying a mysterious star explosion known as "the Cow" think the blast could have created a black hole or neutron star.

The deepest and sharpest images of the Milky Way's center have been obtained, enabling astronomers to estimate the mass of the black hole at the galaxy's heart with unmatched precision.

ESET Science Award celebrates remarkable Slovak scientists for the third year in a row. Laureates were chosen by a jury chaired by Professor Kip Thorne.

Space travel is risky business, but NASA scientists want astronauts to be as informed and safe as they can be.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity soared through the Red Planet skies for the 17th time last weekend, but we'll have to wait a little longer to get a full accounting of the flight.

China's Yutu 2 lunar rover recently spotted something intriguing on the far side of the moon, but it'll take the vehicle a few months to reach the object for a closer look.

A reported 'deficiency' in the upper stage forced a nearly week-long delay in the successful launch.

Musk's rise to fame is symbolic of the impact of billionaire technologists in American society, Time says.

The documentary "explores the prospect of humans visiting and settling Mars" and how we'll get there.

Learn how Earth’s moon formed, how its orbit affects Earth’s tides, why solar and lunar eclipses happen and the history of lunar exploration.

Scientists tested seven different predictions, in one of the most ambitious and involved challenges to general relativity ever undertaken — and the theory passed with flying colors.