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16 May 2013, 12:19 PM ET
The Space Shuttle Atlantis departs the Mir Russian Space Station.
16 May 2013, 11:14 AM ET
NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg is a flight engineer on the Expedition 36/37 crew and in her down time will be hard at work with the fabric and thread she is bringing along. She is scheduled to launch to the ISS aboard a Soyuz TMA-09M on May 28th, 2013.
16 May 2013, 10:31 AM ET
Asteroid 1998 QE2 is about 1.7 miles in size and makes an excellent target for radar imaging. It will pass no closer than ~3.6 million miles, but is close enough for the Goldstone and Arecibo telescopes to resolve features as small as 12 feet across.
16 May 2013, 09:40 AM ET
'Star Trek Into Darkness' warps into theaters today (May 16). Is there a link between Starfleet and NASA's shuttle fleet?
16 May 2013, 09:30 AM ET
If you enjoyed Star Trek, I don’t know how you could not love Star Trek Into Darkness.
16 May 2013, 07:57 AM ET
See publicity photos of the new movie from the venerable sci-fi franchise.
16 May 2013, 07:43 AM ET
NASA will host a Google+ Hangout with the cast and crew of "Star Trek Into Darkness" and space station astronaut Chris Cassidy today.
16 May 2013, 07:39 AM ET
Classic Star Trek contributed more to the modern world than phrases like "Beam me up, Scotty!" Many of the devices we saw decades ago are now available for use in the real world; we thank the engineers who made real these ten Star Trek technologies. - Bil
16 May 2013, 07:00 AM ET
In part six of this 10 part series, the panelists discuss the exciting possibilities of future missions that could uncover exoplanets.
16 May 2013, 07:00 AM ET
A rundown of the prolific mission's most memorable finds to date.
16 May 2013, 07:00 AM ET
There's a chance the prolific instrument could recover from its recent malfunction, officials say.
15 May 2013, 10:10 PM ET
See amazing photos of an Atlas 5 rocket launching a new GPS satellite into orbit for the U.S. military on May 15, 2013.
15 May 2013, 09:59 PM ET
J.J. Abrams, the director of this week's Star Trek: Into Darkness and 2015's Star Wars Episode VII.
15 May 2013, 04:01 PM ET
More than 800 extrasolar planets have been discovered.
15 May 2013, 03:44 PM ET
The Kepler spacecraft has been a prolific exoplanet tool, but a mechanical failure has sealed its fate, NASA says.
15 May 2013, 03:08 PM ET
Eutelsat 3D will serve Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Central and South Asia.
15 May 2013, 02:19 PM ET
Hold onto your lunch! Watch construction workers complete the tower. The topmost section was lofted into place with an attached camera rolling. Topping out at 1776 feet, it was the 3rd tallest building in the world at the time of completion.
15 May 2013, 02:12 PM ET
There is no evidence that the launch was an anti-satellite test, experts say.
15 May 2013, 02:06 PM ET
With the release of 'Star Trek Into Darkness' set for tomorrow (May 16), imaginations around the world are still captured by the voyages of the Starship Enterprise.
15 May 2013, 01:50 PM ET
Gorgeous skyscapes over stunning Earth scenes took the prizes.
15 May 2013, 01:50 PM ET
NSF's VLA radio-telescope watched a black hole ~100 million times our Sun's mass, blast two jets outward through its galaxy at over million miles per hour. This drags gas away from the black hole, making it go hungry.
15 May 2013, 01:01 PM ET
The winds on Uranus and Neptune blow in tight bands and aren't arent' very deep, scientists say.
15 May 2013, 11:47 AM ET
Lovell has signed up with Golden Spike, which aims to launch commercial moon voyages by 2020.
15 May 2013, 11:19 AM ET
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has its eyes set on the sunspot that delivered X-Class flares from May 13-15, 2013. Close-Up views reveals x-ray flares interacting with the magnetic loops emitted from the Sunspot.
15 May 2013, 11:16 AM ET
The prototype capsule landed safely in the Arizona desert after being dropped 25,000 feet from an airplane.
