NASA Explorer Schools (NES) are handing out extra-credit assignments. The agency selected eight education-related proposals for NES teams. They will provide additional professional development ...

China’s space administration has reportedly greenlit a new space shuttle project, more than a decade after NASA stopped flying its own iconic Space Shuttle. Unlike NASA’s Space Shuttle, China’s ...

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The Hubble Space Telescope is a masterwork of engineering and human ingenuity. Hubble is comparable in size and weight to a large school bus, but its contributions to science and astronomy could fill ...

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...

Berryman has made several documentaries about influential women, including Princess Margaret (“Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal”) and Coco Chanel (“Coco Chanel: Unbuttoned”). The director spoke to ...

NASA kicks off the newly established NASA Explorer Schools partnership with Harrison Morton Middle School, Allentown, Pa., with presentations by a NASA astronaut and a scientist. For access to the ...

In the summer of 1985, NASA, the Reagan White House and seven talented astronauts were wrangled into an orbital battle over soft-drink supremacy. In the summer of 1985, NASA, the Reagan White House ...

Former NASA astronaut Jon McBride, who was the pilot on the first mission to launch seven people into space, has died at the age of 80. McBride's death on Wednesday (Aug. 7) was confirmed to ...

There will be a total of 133 Teledyne-designed infrared sensors in space, which is a truly impressive feat and one of which we are all very proud.” — Meghan Dorn ...