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India will send a new Earth observation satellite to space tonight (Aug. 11) to keep an eye on natural disasters, agriculture and forestry regions.

The record-breaking 2021 wildfire season has seen widespread destruction on three continents. Here is what satellites could see from space.

The stunning Perseid meteor shower will peak tonight (Aug. 11) in what could well be the most brilliant "shooting star" display of the year.

SpaceX remains the sole winner of NASA's Human Landing System (HLS) contract, despite ongoing protests from Blue Origin and Dynetics.

SpaceX's next Starship prototype got the black-and-white treatment in a suave photo posted on founder Elon Musk's Twitter feed.

Nora AlMatrooshi's first spaceflight equipment was made of paper and cardboard boxes, but she'll soon spend two years at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas training to use the real thing in orbit.

The Northrop Grumman rocket and spacecraft are packed with more than 4 tons of supplies.

Because of anticipated delays in spacesuit development, it is "not feasible" for NASA to land humans on the moon by the agency's hopeful deadline of 2024, a report has found.

Weather conditions are 80% "GO" for liftoff tonight at 5:56 p.m. EDT (2156 GMT).

Astronauts on the International Space Station held their own summer Olympics in orbit over the weekend with weightless synchronized swimming and more.

SpaceX plans to acquire one of its competitors for broadband satellites — Swarm Technologies — as it continues to grow its Starlink megaconstellation.

There are plenty of opportunities to see the Perseid meteor shower at its peak this week, even if you can't see any "shooting stars" in person.

Scientists are using infrared to better explore Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the largest moon in our solar system.

Playmobil is launching an epic new replica of the USS Enterprise from "Star Trek" on Sept. 8 to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the sci-fi franchise's TV debut.

NASA and Northrop Grumman are teaming up to launch a cargo capsule to the International Space Station today (Aug. 10) at 5:56 p.m. EDT (2156 GMT).

Live long and prosper with a collectible prop replica Medical Scanner and Hypospray set

Concentric ripples in galactic dust clouds triggered by a powerful black-hole X-ray burst can be seen in a new image released by NASA.

The Astro Restoration Project is now well underway towards its goal of bringing the STS-35 (and STS-67) mission hardware back to its as-flown condition.

There’s even a world first coming to the tabletop game.

Fireballs blaze through the dark night sky in this NASA footage of the annual Perseid meteor shower.

NASA's sun-grazing spacecraft is making its ninth daring dive past our neighborhood star in a continuing quest to puzzle out secrets of how the sun works.