3-2-1-Cookoff! Astronauts to bake cookies with new space oven
The next delivery of supplies for the International Space Station -- scheduled for liftoff this weekend -- includes the Zero G Oven. Chocolate chip cookie dough is already up there, waiting to pop into this small electric oven designed for zero gravity.
‘Galactic ghoul’: NASA shares menacing-looking ‘face’ spotted by Hubble telescope in space
NASA said the image was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and is the result of a head-on collision between two galaxies.
Officials identify two victims from deadly plane crash in DeKalb County
The FAA confirms a plane has crashed in DeKalb County.
Investigators working to determine cause of small plane crash in NJ
A small plane crashed and exploded in a residential neighborhood in the New Jersey suburbs of New York City Tuesday morning, setting two houses on fire and leaving the pilot unaccounted for.
Star Wars-themed plane added to United Airlines fleet to celebrate ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’
In anticipation for and celebration of the release of '“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” — the epic conclusion of the Skywalker saga — United Airlines is teaming up with the film franchise to add a Star Wars-themed plane to its fleet, which was unveiled Friday.
Boeing CEO faces questions over plane involved in 2 crashes
(AP) -- It's been exactly one year since a Boeing 737 Max crashed in Indonesia, and the company's CEO is facing tough questioning about the plane from a Senate committee.
Air Force's mini-shuttle returns to Florida after two years in orbit
The unmanned X-37B glided to a landing at Kennedy Space Center’s old shuttle runway at 3:51 a.m. Sunday, completing a 780-day mission. It launched back in September 2017 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
US Army partners with former Blink-182 frontman Tom DeLonge’s UFO research company to develop future tech
Tom DeLonge's technological research organization, which focuses heavily on UFOs and extraterrestrials, signed a contract with the U.S. Army to form a research and development partnership for “enhanced capabilities for Army ground vehicles.”
‘One of the most beautiful’: Orionid meteor shower to peak early this week
The show will reach its peak on Monday night into the early morning hours of Tuesday.
Space station's 2 women prep for first all-female spacewalk
NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will make "HERstory," as NASA is calling it, with the first all-female spacewalk. All four men aboard the International Space Station will remain inside, as Koch and Meir go out to replace a broken battery charger.
'Snowbirds' to skip final performance in Houston after Atlanta area crash
The Canadian Air Force's Snowbirds have released an update about the plane crash at an air show in metro Atlanta.
Former NASA scientist behind Mars Viking program says life was discovered on planet 43 years ago
Gilbert V. Levin, principal investigator on NASA Viking missions to Mars in the 1970s, says he’s convinced life was discovered on the red planet nearly four decades ago.
Asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth in more than a century Monday night
According to NASA’s JPL, the giant space rock known as 2019 TA7 will skim past Earth at a distance of roughly 930,000 miles, making its closest approach to Earth in nearly 115 years.
Alexei Leonov, 1st human to walk in space, dies in Moscow
Alexei Leonov, the legendary Soviet cosmonaut who became the first human to walk in space 54 years ago — and who nearly didn't make it back into his space capsule — has died in Moscow at 85.
NASA shows off new spacesuits as return to the Moon gets closer
NASA is showing off its new design of spacesuits.
Satellite launched from airplane over Atlantic Ocean will study atmosphere
It was a unique launch for NASA on Thursday evening, as the space agency sent a special satellite designed to study the Earth's upper atmosphere into orbit.
Apollo 1's crew: A Mercury astronaut, spacewalker and rookie
The three astronauts killed in the first U.S. space tragedy represented NASA's finest: the second American to fly in space, the first U.S. spacewalker and the trusted rookie.