Hubble Finds Extrasolar Planets (an Illustration picture) – NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has discovered 16 extrasolar planet candidates orbiting a variety of distant stars in the central region of our Milky Way galaxy. The planet bonanza was uncovered during a ...

A team of scientists in Israel has developed a concept that could serve as a future power source for space vehicles and other space-based applications such as the International Space Station. The new battery-like device includes a core of americium ...

Space Shuttle Atlantis – This overhead image of the Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-115 was recorded by a crew member onboard the International Space Station. The cargo bay of the shuttle, which will later be used to resume the construction of ...

Space Shuttle Discovery launch – mission STS-121 – was the third launch attempt in four days after previous ones were scrubbed due to weather concerns. Liftoff was on-time at 2:38 p.m. EDT on July 4th, 2006. The Orbital Insertion Altitude ...