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The venerable Hubble Space Telescope is facing its most serious malfunction in more than a decade, and while NASA is eager to restore the iconic observatory, the agency doesn't want to rush.

Satellites and the space station crew are tracking the progress of the record-breaking deadly Tropical Storm Elsa as it moves along the Florida coast.

Astra plans to get to Earth orbit for the first time this summer — and to return many times in the ensuing weeks and months.

For most people, getting to the stars is nothing more than a dream.

The $9.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope mission has passed a key launch review, keeping it on track to lift off atop an Ariane 5 rocket before the end of the year.

The new moon arrives Friday (July 9) at 9:16 p.m. EDT (0116 July 10 GMT).

Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson denied that he is in a billionaire space race with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

The Marshall Space Flight Center is a hub for historic and modern-day rocket power in Alabama. Once home to Wernher von Braun's crew of German rocketeers, the facility is now home to work for Artemis and Blue Origin.

A new robotic arm built by the European Space Agency will fly to the International Space Station to service its Russian segment.

NASA's new administrator, Bill Nelson, is a familiar face in the space community, but the agency he has led for nearly two months now has changed a great deal in recent years.

NASA and SpaceX have delayed the departure of the SpaceX CRS-22 Dragon cargo ship from the International Space Station as Tropical Storm Elsa approaches Florida.

How big is Earth? Earth is the fifth-largest planet in the solar system and the densest.

NASA's experimental Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, has now flown nine times on the Red Planet, letting mission engineers test a host of capabilities that could pave the way for more Martian choppers.

Scientists are concerned that increasing amounts of meltwater could be finding its way into the ocean.

Pioneering aviator Wally Funk is set to beat one of John Glenn's spaceflight records.

A new exhibit at the museum of flight is lifting the curtain on the strange-but-true history of aerospace medicine.

With its frigid temperatures, remoteness from the sun and general dustiness, changing Mars to be more Earth-like is more challenging than it seems (and it already seems pretty tough).

On July 5, 2021, Earth will be at the farthest point in its orbit around the sun, also known as aphelion.

Space Mysteries: A fast radio burst was detected from within our galaxy for the first time. We may be closer to uncovering its origin.

The public feedback will help NASA conduct a thorough review of its programs, practices, and policies, according to agency officials.