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First cyberspace and now outer space. Hanscom Air Force Base , by virtue of the surrounding intellectual capital and scientific industry, has long been a leader in cutting edge defense systems.

NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 29 commander, uses a still camera to photograph the topography of a point on Earth from a window in the Cupola of the International Space Station in 2011.

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Inside a nondescript office building in Mountain View, California, a gathering took place recently that might have been a glimpse into the future.

This animation of imagery from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite shows the movement of storm systems in the south central U.S. on May 19 and 20, 2013.

On the heels of a five-month stay aboard the International Space Station, captivating audiences worldwide with tweets and photos from orbit, astronaut Chris Hadfield says he hopes his highly-publicized mission will spur continued support for the Canadian Space Agency.

Helen Sharman, Britain's first cosmonaut, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in 1991. Her journey aboard the Mir space station was not supported by the British government.

UK space businesses set sights on A 1bn orders as Major Tim becomes first official British astronaut chosen to visit ISS There is the urge to explore the endless heavens, there are the mysteries of the starry cosmos to solve, but above all there is the faltering economy to revive.

Buy this photo Rhys Palfreeman, Mahmut Dingol, Jordan Chambers-Mitchell, Jake Sykes and Adam Lay take part in the Mission to Mars day STUDENTS at Ridgeway School were in for a special treat as 11 trainee teachers led an out-of-this-world morning on space.

A Russian spacecraft containing 45 mice, 8 gerbils, and 15 newts returned to Earth on Sunday.

Tim Peake is expected to be unveiled as the first British astronaut to fly to the international space station on Monday.

One of many fresh impact craters spotted by the UA-led HiRISE camera, orbiting the Red Planet on board NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter since 2006.

ESA's Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain, announced today that ESA astronaut Timothy Peake has been proposed to fly to the International Space Station in 2015.

NASA Television will provide extensive coverage of the launch and docking of the next crew members who will fly to the International Space Station on Tuesday, May 28.

We're a long ways off from the days when JFK told the nation that the United States would put a man on the moon, and in recent years, what with the Great Recession, space exploration seems to have taken a backseat.

A space telescope monitoring the moon captured the moment a 40kg rock, the largest on record, slammed into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light.

HMS Ark Royal leaves Portsmouth for Turkey today to be dismantled and sold for scrap ; the Harrier jets she once carried are being sold to the Americans for spare parts .

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of Comet ISON was taken on April 10, 2013, when the comet was slightly closer than Jupiter's orbit at a distance of 386 million miles from the sun .

"Queen of Popera" Sarah Brightman will be back in Korea to feature her latest songs at BEXCO in Busan on July 21 and Seoul's Gymnastics Stadium of Olympic Park on July 26.

For his final bow after months commanding the International Space Station, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield recorded a music video from space.