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A New Class of Astronauts

Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in nearly two decades. A female helicopter pilot also is in the group.

2013/06/17

Quasar, or feeding black hole. (credit: NASA/ESAvia Getty Images)

Rocket to Study When First Stars, Galaxies Were Formed

Researchers are studying data on galaxy creation collected by an experiment launched from Virginia’s Wallops Island Flight Facility.

2013/06/06

File photo of the International Space Station (Photo by Paolo Nespoli - ESA/NASA via Getty Images)

Space Not the Final Frontier for Viewing Movies

The crew of the International Space Station is boldly going where no one has gone before — to see the new “Star Trek” film.

2013/05/15

NASA is planning manned missions to Mars. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

Rocket That Will Carry Cargo Ship Test Launched

A company contracted by NASA to deliver supplies to the International Space Station has successfully launched a rocket in a test of its ability to send a cargo ship aloft.

2013/04/21

NASA: Two Distant Planets Seem Ideal for Life

NASA’s planet-hunting telescope has discovered two planets that seem like ideal places for some sort of life to flourish. And they are just the right size and in just the right place.

2013/04/19

File photo of a noose. (credit: LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)

NASA Officials Call Noose Incident a ‘Deeply Disturbing’ Poor Joke

Wallops Flight Facility employees will be briefed on NASA’s investigation into the discovery of a noose at one of the Virginia facility’s buildings.

2013/04/03

President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2013 to announce his Administration's BRAIN, Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies, Initiative. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Calls On Congress To Spend $100M Next Year To Map Brain

President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed an effort to map the brain’s activity in unprecedented detail, as a step toward finding better ways to treat such conditions as Alzheimer’s, autism, stroke and traumatic brain injuries.

2013/04/02

File photo of Mars rover Curiosity when it was still in the NASA labs (Photo by NASA via Getty Images)

Mars Rover Back In Action After Computer Problems

The Mars rover Curiosity is humming again after being sidelined by back-to-back computer problems.

2013/03/25

NASA: Flash In East Coast Sky Likely A Meteor

East Coast residents were buzzing on social media sites and elsewhere Friday night after a brief but bright flash of light streaked across the early-evening sky —in what experts say was almost certainly a meteor coming down.

2013/03/23

A general view of the Geminid meteor shower on December 13, 2012. (Credit: DESIREE MARTIN/AFP/Getty Images)

NASA: Flash in East Coast Sky Likely a Meteor

East Coast residents were buzzing on social media sites and elsewhere Friday night after a brief but bright flash of light streaked across the early-evening sky —in what experts say was almost certainly a meteor coming down.

2013/03/22