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The International Space Station was photographed crossing the disk of the sun just as astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Shane Kimbrough worked outside to install the second Roll-Out Solar Array.

The U.S. Space Force has a new primer for activities beyond Earth orbit amid increased NASA and international interest in lunar activities.

Martian dust accumulating on the panels of the InSight lander could force the Red Planet mission to end its work within the next 10 months, NASA warned during a recent update.

SpaceX is still shooting for July for the first orbital flight of its huge Starship Mars rocket, though the company may not meet that target.

Some of the most fascinating worlds in our cosmic neighborhood are not planets, but the moons that orbit around them.

On June 29, 1971, a Soviet space mission ended in tragedy when three Russian cosmonauts were found dead inside their spacecraft after returning to Earth. See how it happened in our "On This Day In Space" series!

Europe's veteran X-ray telescope XMM Newton photographed an isolated cloud of gas in a distant galaxy cluster that has been puzzling astronomers for four years.

After more than four years of exploring a menagerie of cosmic happenings through gravitational waves, scientists have finally spotted the third expected variety of collision — twice.

SpaceX is preparing one of its veteran rockets to launch dozens of small satellites into space on Tuesday afternoon (June 29).

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship will cast off from the International Space Station today and you can watch it live here, courtesy of NASA TV.