New developments in astrophysics and planetary science are always exciting, but providing a visual representation for public consumption...

On August 21, 2017, a solar eclipse will be visible across a section the continental United States, coast to coast, for the first time...

[Image courtesy USLaunchReport.com] Let’s face it: spaceflight is inherently risky, and getting into orbit is one of the most dangerous...

Curiosity has gotten smarter: the Mars rover now has the capability to select ChemCam laser targets autonomously, allowing the four...

Just before 1 a.m EDT on July 22, 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 fired the Service Propulsion System rocket engine at the rear of the...

This color view from NASA's Juno spacecraft is made from some of the first images taken by JunoCam after the spacecraft entered orbit...

• Juno at Jupiter Orbital Insertion (JOI). Image credit Lockheed Martin. When spacecraft encounter distant worlds, we are mesmerized by...

A story has recently swept the internet about "strange space music" heard by the crew of Apollo 10 when they were looping the moon in...

As the testing of the F1 evolved, it became clear that harmonic instabilities were causing failures. Of course, these instabilities had...

The development of the Saturn V rocket entailed incredible challenges, but perhaps none so daunting as the creation of the F1 rocket...