US, Russian astronauts will swap seats on rockets again

NASA astronauts will go back to riding Russian rockets under an agreement announced Friday, and Russian cosmonauts will catch lifts to the International Space Station with SpaceX beginning this fall.

Back online: Communications restored with NASA moon spacecraft

Engineers have restored communications with NASA's CAPSTONE spacecraft en route to the moon Wednesday after teams worked tirelessly for 24 hours to get to the bottom of the problem with the tiny spacecraft nearly 200,000 miles from Earth.

NASA moon spacecraft experiencing communication issue, here's what we know

A tiny spacecraft recently launched to the moon for NASA is not communicating with Earth after the first part of its journey went well, according to the space agency.

Earth’s asteroid defense may work better than previously believed, new simulation shows

Ahead of International Asteroid Day (June 30), scientists have released new simulations that show NASA’s DART asteroid defense test could work better than previously indicated.

NASA spacecraft begins journey to moon after New Zealand launch

Rocket Lab launched NASA's microwave-size spacecraft from New Zealand on Tuesday, beginning its multi-month journey to the moon, which will pave a path for future human missions.

Out of this world: NASA shares images of Mars’ diverse landscape

Over the past year, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured stunningly clear images of the Red Planet’s diverse landscape.

NASA wants its moon dust, cockroaches from Apollo 11 mission pulled from auction

The material from the experiment, including a vial with about 40 milligrams of moon dust and three cockroach carcasses, was expected to sell for at least $400,000.

NASA to launch 6 small satellites to study, monitor the tropics

The small satellites are an addition to the "TROPICS" project which stands for Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats

Groundbreaking held for permanent home of former space work horse

Space Shuttle Endeavor will one day have a $400 million new home that will welcome guests to the California Science Center, South of downtown Los Angeles.

Astronauts' future moon ride rolls back to launchpad for pre-flight test

NASA's Artemis-1 moon rocket returned to launchpad 39B in Florida early Monday after making the second trip from the giant rocket hangar this spring.

NASA picks who'll make new spacesuits for the next moonwalkers

NASA has tapped two private American companies to develop the next spacesuits for moonwalking, spacewalking and beyond.

ULA launches Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing's Starliner spacecraft

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched an Atlas V rocket from Florida's Space Coast carrying with it Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. The capsule is bound for the International Space Station (ISS) for its second uncrewed test flight.

Boeing Starliner spacecraft arrives at Florida launchpad ahead of Thursday liftoff

Boeing and United Launch Alliance continue to move forward with Thursday evening's launch to complete the final test needed before Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft can fly astronauts to the International Space Station.