The successful mission of Apollo 11 opens an epoch of manned lunar exploration. What questions should this exploration seek ...

Mission Science Workshop is big. Big enough that one of its front windows, looking out onto the corner of Mission Street and Excelsior Avenue, fits a 35-foot gray whale skeleton known as “Gracie,” ...

It's human nature to always notice the ones among us who achieve something extraordinary, and almost completely ignore the armies of people that support great achievements. Just think about space ...

WASHINGTON — A new decadal survey from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies scientific priorities and opportunities and makes funding recommendations to maximize ...

In the new “Mission: Impossible,” agent Ethan Hunt takes a death-defying dive. Doctors tell us the science of saving real-life scuba divers. This is an article from our newsletter “Science Goes To The ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is about to launch its biggest rocket since the famous Saturn V took Apollo astronauts to the moon — and that's where this new mission is headed as well. The agency's Space ...