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24 August 2012, 12:55 PM ET
XCOR will build and launch its Lynx space plane from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
24 August 2012, 08:00 AM ET
President Kennedy gets a lesson in how the Saturn Launch System works.
23 August 2012, 06:58 PM ET
The first American to orbit Earth made history twice.
23 August 2012, 06:13 PM ET
These powerful objects offer a glimpse into the origins of the universe.
23 August 2012, 12:38 PM ET
The Apollo 13 mission's "problem" tested NASA's ingenuity
23 August 2012, 10:30 AM ET
Just after landing a rover on Mars, NASA announced another Red Planet mission for 2016.
22 August 2012, 06:29 PM ET
The huge robot imprinted "JPL" into the Martian surface to honor its maker.
21 August 2012, 06:39 PM ET
Sunita Williams, a record-setting astronaut, has a unique way of staying fit in space.
21 August 2012, 05:07 PM ET
Facts and information about the home of NASA's astronaut corps.
20 August 2012, 05:13 PM ET
Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Yuri Malenchenko spent hours outside the International Space Station.
20 August 2012, 03:02 PM ET
Is the Cydonia rock formation a sign of life or a trick of light?
17 August 2012, 05:33 PM ET
The sun is a big ball of hot gases.
16 August 2012, 05:05 PM ET
Not yet roving, but snapping away! During the new science laboratory's third day on Mars (Sol 3) Curiosity sent down high-res images of its surroundings from it's Mastcam.
14 August 2012, 06:22 PM ET
The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft recorded Curiosity's radio signals.
14 August 2012, 05:45 PM ET
ESA's Mars Express orbiter set its radio antenna to hear the descent of the Mars Science Laboratory. The resulting signal was converted to human-rated audio: MSL's 20-minute entry is compressed to 19 seconds.
13 August 2012, 03:07 PM ET
NASA's former chief astronaut Peggy Whitson is a record-setting spaceflyer.
13 August 2012, 02:35 PM ET
Scientists pieced the 79 pictures into a mosaic.
13 August 2012, 07:00 AM ET
Curiosity pulled off a stunning landing on the night of Aug. 5.
10 August 2012, 01:27 PM ET
The short-lived dust cloud is likely the crash of the descent stage for NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.
10 August 2012, 08:00 AM ET
This tool was launched to measure atmospheric properties in 1963.
07 August 2012, 05:52 PM ET
The new flagship astronomy mission could be one giant spacecraft or a fleet of smaller probes.
06 August 2012, 03:25 PM ET
Storm show signs of strengthening, warnings up for Central America.
06 August 2012, 03:23 AM ET
The Curiosity rover's spectacular landing capped a night of memorable Mars moments. Here are our favorites.
05 August 2012, 11:45 PM ET
Actors such as Morgan Freeman and Seth Green will be on hand to watch Curiosity's ambitious landing attempt.
05 August 2012, 08:00 AM ET
It may cost $100 billion or more to put six astronauts on the Red Planet.