It took over nine years for New Horizons to reach Pluto after blasting off atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Jan. 19, 2006. After ...

STARCOM plans to transition Swarm to a cloud-based environment in the next year or two if it has the funding to support the ...

A research team at Texas A&M University is studying the use of Siri-like virtual assistant technology for use in space. The ...

In January 1989, Massachusetts state trooper Andrew Palombo heard a strange complaint at Logan airport. A worker said a NASA ...

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured an electrifying image of a giant lightning "sprite" shooting up over Mexico and ...

July 3 (UPI) -- NASA discovered the third interstellar comet through a survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile. The ...

NASA 's Chandra X-ray Observatory has detected one of the most powerful black hole jets ever observed. The jets were emanating from a galaxy 11.6 billion light-years away from the earth.

Photo Credit: File Photo What astronauts must master before going to space Astronauts need years of training before they can live and work in space. Let’s see how they get ready. Photo Credit: NASA ...

I moved up at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) by working on missions, and had my big break while working on the Orbiting Carbon Observatory Mission, a next-generation earth science instrument.

A terrifying scene in the skies over China's Hainan Province on March 16: dramatic footage captured a Chinese J-15 fighter jet crashing into the ground in a fireball explosion during a training ...

NASA also requires at least three years of professional experience or 1,000 hours of pilot-in-command time in jet aircraft for those pursuing piloting roles. Physical fitness is non-negotiable.

Former U.S. Air Force Academy and Woodland Park High School graduate from Divide, U.S. Air Force Major Nichole Ayers, is headed to space after she was selected as one of 10 astronaut candidates by … ...