NASA scientists announced today, March 2, 2004, that evidence found by the Opportunity rover suggests water once flowed at its…
On September 8, 1969, a transporter carried the 363-foot-high Apollo 12 Saturn V space vehicle from the Vehicle Assembly Building's…
Scientists recently discovered that polar stratospheric clouds, long known to play an important role in Antarctic ozone destruction, are occurring…
In this artist's conception, a possible newfound planet spins through a clearing, detected around the star CoKu Tau 4 by…
During its tenure aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 13 passed a major milestone: as of late August 2006, more…
Har Nuur, or the Black Lake, is located in western Mongolia's Valley of Lakes, part of a system of closed…
A new chapter in space flight began on July 1950 with the launch of the first rocket from Cape Canaveral,…
On the verge of spring, the silvery etching of a tree appears across the winter white of western Alaska. Interlaced…
Space Shuttle Discovery's crew witnessed this bright full moon from orbit during a December 1999 mission that included servicing the…
The photo shows the "energy flash" when a projectile launched at speeds up to 17,000 miles an hour impacts a…