Nation Apr 09 ‘Houston, we’ve had a problem’: Remembering Apollo 13 at 50 A half-century later, Apollo 13 is still considered Mission Control’s finest hour.
Science Mar 19 No family, fanfare for NASA astronaut launching next month A NASA astronaut who's about to leave the planet for six months will blast off without any family or fanfare because of the coronavirus.
Science Mar 18 Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled moon, dies at 88 As command module pilot, Worden remained in lunar orbit while Scott and Irwin descended to the surface with the Apollo program's first moon buggy.
Science Mar 11 It’s cloudy with a chance of iron rain on this distant planet According to the researchers, there's no telling whether it's a steady drizzle or downpour, or what else might be raining down besides iron.
Science Mar 07 SpaceX launches station supplies, nails 50th rocket landing The Falcon rocket blasted off with 4,300 pounds of equipment and experiments for the International Space Station. Just minutes later, the spent first-stage booster made a dramatic midnight landing back at Cape Canaveral, its return accompanied by sonic booms.
Science Feb 27 Biggest explosion seen in universe came from colossal black hole The explosion was so large it carved out a crater in the hot gas that could hold 15 Milky Ways.
Science Feb 24 Mars lander confirms quakes, aftershocks on red planet NASA's newest Mars lander has confirmed that quakes and even aftershocks are regularly jolting the red planet.
Science Feb 10 Solar Orbiter blasts off to capture first look at sun’s poles Europe and NASA's Solar Orbiter has rocketed away on an unprecedented mission to capture the first pictures of the sun's poles.
Nation Jan 29 NASA shutting down space telescope, infrared eyes to cosmos NASA is pulling the plug on one of its great observatories -- the Spitzer Space Telescope -- after 16 years of scanning the universe with infrared eyes.
Science Jan 23 First space-baked cookies took 2 hours in experimental oven "Overall, I think it's a pretty awesome first experiment.”…