Space Exploration

On Nov. 5, 2002, NASA's old Galileo spacecraft flew by a small, but interesting moon called Amalthea.

AstroForce has received a commercial license for operating and communicating with a mission headed to a near-Earth asteroid, the first to be granted for beyond Earth orbit.

Dragon is scheduled to arrive at 10:15 a.m. EST.

SpaceX launched nearly 6,000 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station today (Nov. 4), on the company's 31st cargo mission for NASA.

India plans to launch astronauts to Earth orbit no sooner than 2026, roughly a year past the previously known timeline, following a series of uncrewed flight tests slated to begin in December.

In a rare show of openness about the X-37B, Boeing Space released a video detailing how the space plane's aerobraking maneuvers help change the spacecraft's orbit.

If they can manage to vote from space, you can sure manage to get to your polling place to cast a ballot of your own.

Microgravity makes water do weird and wonderful things. NASA astronaut Don Pettit took advantage of that fact to create a colorful ball that resembles Jupiter.

Jupiter has dozens of moons. Four of them in particular are of interest to planetary scientists.