STS-135 Space Shuttle Atlantis on launch pad. Ain't she gorgeous? Credit: NASA/Terry Zaperach #nasa #nasatweetup

RT @NHM_id: Body of a bee, face of a mosquito? It's bee fly season again! This one is the most common species Bombylius major ...

Scattered around our planet are hundreds of creatures that have been to the Moon and back again. None of them are human. They outnumber active astronauts 3:1. And most are missing.

WIRED: Oddities From NASA's Image Archive (via @NASA_Ames_Web) Yep, #NASA female human computers!

WIRED: Oddities From NASA's Image Archive (via @NASA_Ames_Web) Yep, #NASA female human computers!

Tvashtar's Plume

"Once, when we radioed her to please leave the lecturing and hypothesis-making to the mission project team, she responded by forming her robotic arm into an obscene gesture"

An unusual spot has been found on Mars that scientists believe is not natural in origin. The spot appears mobile and is now hypothesized to be a robot created by an intelligent species alien to Mars.

Space shuttle Discovery blasted off on its 12-day flight at 1039 local time (1539 BST) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The US space agency has set Tuesday at 1039 EDT (1539 BST) as its new launch opportunity for the shuttle Discovery.

With the aid of a moderate-size telescope and a little imagination, you can revisit the Apollo landing sites, where humans first explored the surface of another world.

The Countdown Clock is one of the most-watched timepieces in the world. On this page, you'll learn how the countdown operates, and what milestones to watch for during our Live Launch Coverage.