Final preparations are underway to launch a resupply mission to the International Space Station on March 22. But one of the key experiments aboard the mission won't be carried out until the Cygnus ...

Update for Sunday, Oct. 16 at 3 p.m. EDT: NASA and Orbtial ATK have delayed the Antares launch by 24 hours to Monday (Oct. 17) at 7:40 p.m. EDT (2340 GMT) due to a glitch with ground support equipment ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The biggest space-fire experiment ever conducted is now in the books. NASA successfully ignited a ...

As part of its efforts to ensure the safety of spacefarers, NASA set a 16x37-inch block of cotton-fiberglass material on fire aboard a spacecraft that's making its way back home. Since the largest ...

Understanding how fire spreads in a microgravity environment is critical to the safety of astronauts who live and work in space. And while NASA has conducted studies aboard the space shuttle and ...