The Russian-built Lunokhod 1 became the first remote controlled rover to land on another planet when it touched down on the lunar surface in 1970. It managed to continually operate for 11 months — opening up the lid of its...

The Air Force has successfully deployed the mysterious, robotic X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, which, in appearance, is pretty much the cocktail wiener to the space shuttle's all-beef frank. Not much is known about what the unmanned spacecraft is supposed to...

It was actually astronaut Naoko Yamazaki's seven-year-old daughter who posed the scientific question to be tested. She asked her space-bound mother why, in a bubble bath, bubbles appear to be clear even if the bubble bath mixture is a fun...

Budget cuts recently spanked NASA's space program, reducing it to a ragtag fleet of space-faring robots, but wait. President Obama somehow found $6 billion for the beleaguered space agency, in the name of creating 2,500 additional jobs at NASA. The...