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17 April 2013, 06:00 AM ET
Funding levels are basically unchanged from 2013, though several programs got the axe.
17 April 2013, 12:36 AM ET
The dark hot spot in this false-color space wallpaper from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is a window deep into Jupiter's atmosphere. All around it are layers of higher clouds, with colors indicating which layer of the atmosphere the clouds are in.
16 April 2013, 05:50 PM ET
Orbital Sciences cleared the Antares rocket to launch on its maiden flight Wednesday (April 17) from Wallops Island, Va.
16 April 2013, 05:15 PM ET
Lori Garver will host an "Ask Me Anything" session at 2 p.m. EST.
16 April 2013, 03:43 PM ET
The new exhibits gives visitors a sense of what it's like to live aboard the orbital outpost.
16 April 2013, 03:33 PM ET
On December 25th, 2010, an unusually long gamma ray reached Earth from 7 billion light years away. New research suggests that it may have been a dying star >100x larger, and at least 25x more massive, than our Sun.
16 April 2013, 03:28 PM ET
Virgin Galactic ran oxidizers through the spacecraft's propulsion system during an April 12 test.
16 April 2013, 02:56 PM ET
Radarsat-1 has collected images of Earth for more than 17 years.
16 April 2013, 02:26 PM ET
High-res sensors of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) are making improved maps of early dust-gathering galaxies that formed the first stars. Video: Red blobs of earlier surveys now resolve into tack-sharp areas 200x smaller.
16 April 2013, 02:18 PM ET
Charlie Duke was the voice on the radio talking to the Apollo 11 crew during landing. A few years later, he walked on the moon himself on Apollo 16.
16 April 2013, 02:16 PM ET
Astronaut John Young, the ninth man to walk on the moon, flew on three NASA programs: Gemini, Apollo and the space shuttle.
16 April 2013, 02:08 PM ET
Ken Mattingly missed his ride on Apollo 13, but made it to the moon on Apollo 16. He also commanded two shuttle missions.
16 April 2013, 01:27 PM ET
This stunning space wallpaper, taken using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows a unique example of a globular cluster — Palomar 2. Palomar 2 is part of a group of 15 globulars known as the Palomar clusters.
16 April 2013, 01:15 PM ET
Some supergiants release intense amounts of radiation when they die, and scientists may have figured out the cause.
16 April 2013, 01:02 PM ET
ISS commander Chris Hadfield explains orbital mechanics to a high school student.
16 April 2013, 12:50 PM ET
New findings from a NASA moon probe could lead to safer, more efficient spacecraft.
16 April 2013, 12:09 PM ET
The second full trailer for STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS still hides the villain's full identity, but reveals more about the story.
16 April 2013, 11:09 AM ET
Antares finally gets to show its stuff.
16 April 2013, 08:00 AM ET
The Vertol VZ-2 (Model 76) had over a year of research before going back to the manufacturer.
16 April 2013, 07:28 AM ET
Get the latest news and updates for private rocket launches and space missions here.
16 April 2013, 06:30 AM ET
Mars One aims to land four people on Mars in 2023.
16 April 2013, 06:30 AM ET
Experiments done in microgravity are revealing new insights about cell behavior.
16 April 2013, 06:30 AM ET
Orbital Sciences will launch the first-ever Antares rocket flight from Wallops Island, Va., at 5 p.m. ET on April 17.
15 April 2013, 06:00 PM ET
Scientists have conducted a postmortem on the last supernova ever seen by the naked eye in our galaxy.
15 April 2013, 05:31 PM ET
Expedition 35 commander Chris Hadfield tweeted some thoughts from space Monday.
