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Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 9:04 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 9:04 p.m. CAPE CANAVERAL Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word Friday on the birth of a crewman's daughter as they moved more supplies into the International Space Station and geared up for another spacewalk.

NASA's SOFIA infrared observatory 747SP overflies its home, the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif.

Broadcast-quality digital public service announcements are available for download from NASA featuring actor Dwayne Johnson, star of the new film "Planet 51," discussing the importance of space exploration, diversity and education.

This image shows the progress of Spirit after its second drive attempt. In the "after" image, Spirit's left-front wheel has become slightly less buried in the soft soil in which the rover had become embedded about six months ago.

Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik can be forgiven if he's having a tough time focusing on work -- his wife is due to give birth on Friday to a baby girl.

A space shuttle is no tinker toy. But is it the most complex machine ever built?Curiosity about the complexity of the reusable spacecraft inspired one of the questions in this edition of "Ask AP," a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers' questions about the news.

Congressman Bart Gordon and Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville will host a live conversation between more than 120 students and NASA astronaut Barry E. Wilmore on Sunday, Nov.

NASA's premiere supercomputer located at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., has garnered the sixth spot on the Top500 list of the world's most powerful computers.

LOS ANGELES, California It turns out there's lots of water on the moon _ at least near the lunar south pole.

How might a kid a ' OK, a teenager a ' protect himself from that dreaded fate described in legions of sci-fi movies , the anal probe? If you weren't thinking "champagne cork," you were way off, according to the sci-fi kids cartoon "Planet 51." A genial but generic riff on sci-fi movie history, "Planet" has barely enough slapstick to keep the kids ...

The U.S. and China agreed to look into cooperation in space exploration during President Barack Obama's visit to that country.

US space agency NASA has signed an agreement with ISRO to use data from Indian satellite Oceansat-2, for various American agencies for research activities, including weather forecasting.

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite passed over Anja on November 15 at 0904 UTC.

Still an astrophysical mystery, the evolution of the bulges in spiral galaxies led astronomers to the edge-on galaxy NGC 4710.

Equipment that helped save the Hubble Space Telescope from disaster in 1993 was recently returned to Earth and is going on display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington.

Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory started Monday to prepare driving commands for the Mars rover Spirit to exit a sand trap on the Red Planet, NASA announced.

Microsoft and NASA set up website that gives web users the opportunity to help study the surface of Mars / NASA NASA calls on web surfers to explore Mars Users to search maps for vital data Technology: More gadget news, reviews NASA and Microsoft have launched an interactive website that allows web surfers to become Mars explorers.

NASA plans next month to launch a space telescope that will scan the heavens for the infrared glow of celestial objects never seen because they are too dim, dusty or distant, scientists said Tuesday.

With only five more shuttle launches, thousands of people who work on the space coast are getting closer to losing their jobs.

Some common chemical molecules, most of them used industrially, may be more worrisome from a global warming perspective than carbon dioxide, according to a new study by Timothy Lee, chief... WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.