The Science Museum in London is closing its almost 40-year-old 'Exploring Space' gallery to establish a new 'Space' gallery ...

The instrument enclosure of NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor was prepared for critical environmental tests inside the ...

The spacesuit worn by the first Briton in space, the Russian capsule that brought Britain's first professional astronaut back to Earth, and the only flown-to-the-moon Apollo command module to be ...

The Apollo spacecraft is a complex transportation system designed for lunar missions, standing 363 feet tall and weighing over 6 million pounds at launch. It consists of three main components: the ...

Cheers rang out in the control room as the powerful rocket roared upward, lighting up the night sky with a long, orange plume of flame as the craft began its journey toward Earth's North and South ...

SpaceX launched the first human spaceflight directly over Earth's polar regions yesterday — a days-long, privately funded ...

For the first time, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are opening up after their dramatic splashdown in the ...

Australian amateur radio enthusiasts are ready to be part of history after the first polar space mission — with an Australian ...

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