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Mr. Boisjoly wrote a portentous memo six months before the Space Shuttle Challenger’s explosion, warning that if it was too cold, seals connecting sections of the shuttle’s rocket boosters could fail.

NASA has received 6,372 applications for its 2013 class of astronauts, double the usual number, the U.S. space agency said Friday.

Mr. Boisjoly wrote a portentous memo six months before the Space Shuttle Challenger’s explosion, warning that if it was too cold, seals connecting sections of the shuttle’s rocket boosters could fail.

Stephen Colbert asked his fans to share his passion for space by donating to NASA to support its work with the International Space Station…

Stephen Colbert asked his fans to share his passion for space by donating to NASA to support its work with the International Space Station…

Virgin Galactic, the aspiring space tourism company founded by Sir Richard Branson, is on track to begin powered test flights of its spaceship t…

Republicans unhappy with incentives for hybrid and all-electric cars have proffered their own fossil fuel-inspired plan to spur innovation among automakers.

When northern spring warms subsurface ice on Mars, dry ice eruptions paint the red dunes black.

Moscow (UPI) Feb 3, 2012 NASA says crew replacement on the International Space Station will be delayed following the failure of a Russian Soyuz capsule in a ground test. Russian technicians overpressurized the Soyuz vehicle causing a split in...

Mojave CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2012 XCOR Aerospace and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announce the final week to register and become eligible to win a suborbital research flight on XCOR's Lynx I vehicle at the Next Generation Suborbital...