NASA, SpaceX move launch date for Crew-7 ISS mission to Aug. 21
NASA and SpaceX have announced a new target launch date for the Crew-7 mission that will carry a team of four to the International Space Station.
NASA loses, regains contact with Voyager 2 probe after sending wrong command
Flight controllers accidentally sent a wrong command nearly two weeks ago that tilted the spacecraft’s antenna away from Earth and severed contact.
NASA eyeing Aug. 17 launch for SpaceX's Crew-7 mission to ISS
NASA and SpaceX have announced a target launch date for the Crew-7 mission that will carry a team of four to the International Space Station.
NASA marks the James Webb Space Telescope’s first year of science with release of new image
The image, captured on Webb’s telescope is a small star-forming region in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex – the nearest star-forming region to Earth.
NASA’s Artemis crews to ride in style as new fleet of vehicles arrive at KSC
When the Artemis astronauts prepare to shuttle out to the massive moon rocket at Launch Pad 39B, they will be rolling in style inside a new fleet of vehicles that just arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
Building blocks for life found in space by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
Methyl cation was found in a young star system with the protoplanetary disk d203-506, located about 1,350 light-years away in the Orion Nebula.
‘Glistening’ cluster teeming with stars captured by Hubble telescope
Globular clusters such as the one captured by the Hubble Space Telescope can contain hundreds of thousands of stars.
Spacewalking astronauts to install final solar arrays completing ISS power upgrade
Astronauts will finish a process Thursday that started more than two years ago to upgrade the International Space Station's power grid with the final installation of two solar arrays that arrive at the station rolled up like yoga mats.
SpaceX launches another space station resupply mission from Kennedy Space Center
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center on Monday morning.
Report shows Artemis moon missions over budget, behind schedule
A new report shows the Artemis moon missions are over budget and falling behind. Based on the findings, the Office of the Inspector General said NASA needs to change its approach moving forward.
Space station welcomes 2 Saudi visitors, including kingdom's 1st female astronaut
The International Space Station rolled out the welcome mat Monday for two Saudi visitors, including the kingdom’s first female astronaut.
'Launching humanity's future': Meet NASA's new director
After more than 30 years, there’s a change in leadership at NASA.
Future space missions should be conducted with all-female crew, study suggests
New research conducted by the European Space Agency suggests that female astronauts may be more “efficient” in space than their male counterparts.
Scientists discover star devouring planet for first time and think Earth could suffer same fate
The star began to grow in size after running out of fuel, which decreased the distance between it and the neighboring planet, eventually consuming it entirely, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
NASA extracts oxygen from lunar soil simulant for the first time
NASA scientists have successfully extracted oxygen from simulated lunar soil.
Old NASA satellite descending to earth poses ‘low’ risk of danger
The science satellite known as Rhessi will fall through the atmosphere Wednesday night. The satellite launched into orbit in 2002 to study the sun recording more than 100,000 solar events.
Stunning James Webb Space Telescope photo shows merging galaxies shining with light of a trillion suns
Arp 220, found in the constellation Serpens (the Serpent), is an ultra-luminous infrared galaxy that shines brighter than more than 1 trillion suns, according to the Space Telescope Science Institute.