Gagarin's success made him an international hero and a symbol of the Soviet Union's achievements in space exploration.

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President Trump’s proposed NASA budget looks to drop 41 science missions including 19 that are operational in space. The new ...

For the first time, NASA’s astronaut candidate class includes someone who has already been to orbit, and is majority women, as the space agency focuses on its goals to send humans back to the Moon and ...

From massive glaciers to sun-soaked beaches, national parks offer some of America’s wildest and most iconic landscapes.

President Donald Trump honored Charlie Kirk's life in Arizona. Now, he prepares for a "historic" autism announcement.

Lunar minerals generate the rust mineral hematite when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, simulations show.

Researchers are discussing 2025 PN7, a small celestial body that's following a similar orbital path to our planet's without being gravitationally tied to Earth ...

The last time human feet touched the moon was in 1972 and when those astronauts returned they brought back valuable samples ...

Building blocks of life have been found on this moon of Saturn. They may come from chemical reactions beyond Enceladus’ possible life-supporting ocean.