Look at what a NASA Mars orbiter spotted from 180 miles away
A NASA Mars orbiter has already managed to pick out the car-sized Perseverance rover on the martian surface. But now it has spotted something even smaller.
Watch NASA’s video celebrating record-breaking space mission
NASA has shared a video celebrating Mark Vande Hei’s record-breaking 355-day stay on the ISS, the longest any American has spent in space in a single mission.
U.S. astronaut returns home after record-breaking mission
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei returned home safely on Wednesday after the longest single space mission by an American astronaut.
NASA delays launch of its first tourism mission to ISS
NASA has delayed the launch of its first space tourism mission by several days and it will now get underway on Wednesday, April 6.
Sentinel-6 spacecraft becomes official ocean-monitoring satellite
We have a new tool for monitoring Earth's oceans: The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft.
James Webb’s MIRI instrument has both a heater and a cooler
The long process of getting the James Webb Space Telescope ready for science operations continues, with the ongoing alignment of three of its instruments.
NASA will survey the entire sky with its SPHEREx observatory
NASA is ramping up plans for a new sky survey tool that could help unravel some of the biggest mysteries about the origin of the universe.
NASA just days away from historic ISS mission
NASA is making final preparations for its first space tourism mission that will see three high-paying passengers spend 10 days aboard the space station.
Stunning NASA images show next-gen moon rocket on launchpad
NASA has shared some stunning images showing its next-generation Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center.
Watch spacewalkers fiddling about with a cable 250 miles above Earth
Footage from Wednesday's spacewalk at the International Space Station shows the kind of tricky tasks that astronauts sometimes have to take on.
NASA looks beyond SpaceX for future lunar landers
NASA says it’s welcoming lunar lander concepts from commercial companies other than SpaceX, which already has a contract to land astronauts on the moon.
How to watch two astronauts perform a spacewalk tomorrow
Two astronauts are gearing up for a spacewalk at the International Space Station on Wednesday, March 23. Here's how to watch the livestream.
James Webb begins aligning 3 of its instruments
With James Webb Space Telescope's mirrors aligned with its first instrument, now the team need to work on aligning the other three instruments,
NASA’s massive new moon rocket arrives at launch pad
NASA's next-generation rocket system, designed to carry spacecraft to the moon as part of the Artemis mission, has arrived at its launch pad for the first time.
NASA shares majestic images of orbital sunrise captured from ISS
NASA has shared a set of stunning images showing an orbital sunrise from the International Space Station 262 miles above our planet.
See NASA’s new SLS moon rocket on its way to the launchpad
NASA’s next-generation SLS moon rocket has exited the Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building and is now inching its way toward the launchpad.
James Webb Space Telescope team delivers best possible news
The James Webb Space Telescope team has reported on its efforts to align the observatory's mirror, confirming that it's performing beyond expectations.
How to watch NASA slowly roll its moon rocket to launchpad
NASA will send its SLS rocket and Orion capsule to the launchpad for the first time on Thursday, giving us our first proper look at the fully stacked vehicle.
NASA has wonderful news for its plucky Mars helicopter
NASA's Mars helicopter has been performing so well over the last year that the space agency has decided to extend its flight operations through September.
Watch NASA’s trailer for the first rollout of its mega moon rocket
NASA is about to send its next-generation rocket to the launchpad for the first time and has released a trailer highlighting its maiden mission.
James Webb researcher reveals how it will investigate the early universe
A researcher working with the James Webb Space Telescope has shared information about how it will look back in time at some of the earliest stars and galaxies.
See the giant crawler that will carry NASA’s mega moon rocket to the pad
NASA is transporting a huge rocket to its launch pad using a massive crawling vehicle called the Crawler Transporter-2.
Why the moon needs a space traffic control system
As interest in lunar exploration ramps up across the globe, scientists think we need a space traffic control system to avoid collisions and complications.
Watch this new lunar rover take a test drive in an otherworldly desert
Watch this impressive lunar rover prototype from California startup Astrolab as it takes on the otherworldly terrain of Death Valley.
NASA’s mega moon rocket heads to launchpad next week
NASA is about to take a big step toward the launch of its Artemis I lunar mission when it transports its next-gen rocket to the launch pad for the first time.
These huge solar arrays are set for a mammoth space voyage
NASA has shown off the massive solar arrays that will help power its Psyche spacecraft to a distant asteroid of the same name later this year.
Watch this cool highlights video of ULA’s Atlas V launch
United Launch Alliance has shared a beautifully shot video of a recent space mission involving its workhorse Atlas V rocket.
NASA will be opening a pristine 50-year-old lunar sample
NASA will be opening a very special time capsule soon: One of the last unopened lunar samples from the Apollo missions to the moon 50 years ago.
Check out NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft at start of build
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has officially entered its assembly stage at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, the space agency said on Thursday.
An old rocket booster will crash into the moon on Friday
An out-of-control rocket booster is about to slam into the moon in what's thought to be the first unintentional impact of its kind.
NASA offers the chance to ‘fly your name around the moon’
If becoming an astronaut is no longer part of your career plan but you still love to dream of traveling to space, then how about sending your name instead?
NASA reveals skywatching treats for March
NASA has released its latest update on what to look out for in the skies, with Saturn, a star cluster, and a gas giant exoplanet among the treats.
Watch NASA’s U.S. weather satellite rocket launch highlights
NASA and ULA successfully launched a next-generation NOAA weather satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Tuesday, March 1.
Rocket Lab selects U.S. site to launch, land next-gen rocket
Spaceflight company Rocket Lab has selected a site on the East Coast for launches and landings of its next-generation Neutron rocket.