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NASA on Thursday posted a "For Lease" sign on one of its space shuttle launch pads, as it continues to downsize and revamp the Kennedy Space Center following the program's retirement.The space agency is looking for a commercial company or companies to take over operations and maintenance of Launch Complex 39A beginning no later than Oct. 1. The lease would last at least five years.VIDEO: Space Shuttle Simulation"Such commercial use would not only preserve the pad against the deterioration that would result from nonuse, it would further support NASA in fulfilling its mandate to, 'seek and encourage, to the maximum extent possible, the fullest commercial use of space,'" the agency wrote in its solicitation.NASA intends to develop the shuttle's second launch pad, 39B, for its heavy-lift Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule, a follow-on to the space shuttle that is needed to send astronauts to destinations beyond the space station's 250-mile (400-km) high orbit.PHOTOS: Inside Atlan...
The first humans to live on Mars might not identify as astronauts, but farmers. To establish a sustainable settlement on Earth's solar system neighbor, space travele...
The interstellar voyages of the Starship Enterprise have captured imaginations around the world for decades.Astronauts, movie makers, scientists, engineers and other...
A big asteroid will cruise by Earth at the end of the month, making its closest approach to our planet for at least the next two centuries.The May 31 flyby of astero...
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"Star Trek Into Darkness," the newest edition in a space saga that reaches back a half-century, was, of course, a big hit at the box office this weekend.We might con...
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, tells Brian why he is suspect of the Obama Administration's defense on Benghazi.
FBN’s Jo Ling Kent on the outlook for Chinese social media stocks such as Tencent.
American astronauts could be forced to fly on Russian spacecraft beyond 2017 if Congress continues to cut funding for private crewed vehicles, NASA chief Charles Bol...
NASA's newest rover won't be exploring another planet, but will take a look at part of our own. Named Grover (short for Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Explora...
A faulty steering apparatus may bring an early end to NASA's Kepler space telescope, a $600 million tool in the space agency's quest for life elsewhere in the univer...
An Ohio nonprofit organization will manage a contest for NASA that's aimed at helping drones fly safely in civilian airspace.NASA said Friday that it selected the no...
Jonathan Serrie reports from Atlanta
Titan, the largest of Saturn's natural satellites and the only moon in the solar system with a dense atmosphere, is a fascinating little place. Peering through its t...
A glowing cockroach, a monkey with a blue behind and a meat-eating sponge snagged spots on a list of top 10 new species named in 2012, scientists announced Thursday....
Reaction to DOJ targeting James Rosen
Google's announcement last week that it plans to launch a new quantum computing laboratory with NASA may have boosted a highly specialized and slightly obscure field...
NASA has announced it is to fund construction of the world's first ever 3D food printer.The American space company has given a $125,000 grant to mechanical engineer ...
NASA's Curiosity rover drills again.The space agency said Monday that Curiosity has bored a hole in a second rock and will transfer a pinch of powder to its onboard ...
The moon has a new hole on its surface thanks to a boulder that slammed into it in March, creating the biggest explosion scientists have seen on the moon since they ...