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After initial positioning by ground control, the satellite duo’s autonomous system of cameras, LEDs, and laser rangefinders ...

NASA has released three new pieces of cosmic sound that are associated with the densest and darkest members of our universe: ...

(NASA/Bill Ingalls) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Fresh from space, NASA’s oldest full-time astronaut said Monday that weightlessness made him feel decades younger, with everyday aches and pains ...

Nearly a month before the Blue Origin mayhem, NASA astronaut Sunita ... time of 532 hours in space. Her amazing contributions also won her an induction into the Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2004. After ...

On April 24, 1990, all 24,000 pounds of the Hubble Space Telescope were tucked away inside the Discovery space shuttle when it launched into space. Thirty-five years later, NASA says Hubble has ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Fresh from space, NASA’s oldest full-time astronaut said Monday that weightlessness made him feel decades younger, with everyday aches and pains vanishing.