Thursday’s special space event turns Empire State Building red
A highly anticipated space event happening more than 100 million miles from Earth is being marked by the Empire State Building tonight.
Perseverance rover about to embark on tricky Mars landing
Engineers involved in the Mars 2020 mission have been talking about the seven minutes of terror that await the Perseverance rover during Thursday's landing.
Astronomers discover baby sun orbited by three hot worlds in a ‘river of stars’
Astronomers have spotted a an exciting star called TOI 451, similar to our sun but much younger, which has three hot planets in orbit around it.
NASA announces astronauts to head to ISS on fourth SpaceX Crew Dragon mission
NASA has announced two of the astronauts who will be heading to the ISS in the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on its fourth operational flight.
NASA’s InSight lander is going into hibernation for the Martian winter
NASA's InSight lander on Mars will soon powering down some of its instruments to slumber through the Martian winter.
Enjoy NASA’s dramatic Mars video a week ahead of rover’s arrival
NASA's Mars rover mission is just a week from touching down on the Martian surface. Watch this video showing what promises to be a dramatic landing.
7 minutes of terror: A breakdown of Perseverance’s insane Mars landing sequence
NASA's incredible multipart landing sequence for the Perseverance rover involves a parachute, a jetpack, and a contraption called a skycrane.
SpaceX’s ISS astronauts have just achieved a new record
Four astronauts on the space station have just surpassed a long-standing U.S record for the most days spent in space by a crew launched aboard a U.S. capsule.
SpaceX will launch NASA’s SPHEREx astrophysics survey mission
NASA has announced it has selected SpaceX to launch the SPHEREx mission, which will of the sky to uncover clues about the beginning of the universe.
NASA wants to send a robotic mission to search for ice on Mars
If we ever want to send humans to Mars, we'll need to find water there. Now international space agencies want to find a way to locate it on the red planet.
NASA names winner of a $93 million lunar lander contract
NASA has dished out $93.3. million to Firefly Aerospace to help it deliver a suite of science investigations and technology demonstrations to the moon in 2023.
NASA offers top tips for night-sky entertainment in February
NASA has released its monthly list of suggestions on what to look out for in the night sky, with Mars coming top for a very special reason.
NASA astronaut talks spacewalks ahead of next one on Monday
NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover are gearing up for their second spacewalk in less than a week as part of Expedition 64 aboard the space station.
NASA’s delayed moon lander puts pressure on Artemis schedule
NASA is looking increasingly unlikely to meet its 2024 target date for putting humans back on the moon after it made changes to contracts for the lunar landers.
NASA will build its lunar base camp on the moon’s south pole
NASA plans to set up a long-term base on the moon, and it has narrowed down the options for locations to focus on the moon's south pole.
This bizarre system has six stars orbiting each other in an elaborate dance
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has identified a system of six stars that orbit each other in an elaborate pattern.
NASA practices emergency procedures for crewed Boeing Starliner flights
This week, NASA tested out the emergency procedures for Boeing's Starliner capsule by simulating an injured crew member during landing.
Four new exoplanets discovered by young astronomers still in high school
A pair of high schoolers involved in a mentorship program at Harvard have helped to discover four new exoplanets.
NASA to perform second test of its massive SLS rocket core
NASA has announced it will be performing a second hot fire test of its mighty Space Launch System engines after an issue cut the first test short.
Check out this interactive simulator for upcoming Mars rover landing
NASA's awesome interactive simulator offers a detailed and exciting look at the upcoming entry, descent, and landing stages of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover.
NASA has a new dish for talking to spacecraft in the far reaches of space
NASA is upgrading the network it uses to communicate with craft in deep space, with a new 34-meter-wide dish in Spain which has just been added.
Watch these NASA animations previewing its upcoming spacewalks
Two U.S. astronauts are about to embark on a couple of spacewalks at the ISS, with NASA releasing detailed animations previewing the upcoming work.
This strange planet has three suns and orbits at a funky angle
Researchers have discovered a planet with three suns and an unusual kink in its orbit.
NASA test fires the world’s largest rocket core stage
NASA put its Space Launch System through a hot fire test, firing the core stage's engines for over a minute and generating 1.6 million pounds of thrust.
Time has run out for InSight to bury its heat probe in the Martian soil
NASA has announced it is giving up on getting the InSight lander's heat probe buried into the Martian soil.
How to watch NASA’s first four-engine hot fire of its mighty SLS rocket
NASA is promising a spectacular show of rocket power on Saturday with a hot fire of its mighty SLS rocket — and you can watch it live online.
Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor talks about tech on the ISS
Serena Auñón-Chancellor is an astronaut who has spent time aboard the International Space Station. She speaks about her experiences and the tech on the ISS.
International Space Station has a major upgrade task coming
The ISS will soon take delivery of new solar arrays after NASA discovered the existing ones are starting to degrade.
Watch NASA’s dramatic trailer for Saturday’s SLS rocket hot fire test
Check out NASA's movie-like trailer for what should be a spectacular hot fire test of its SLS rocket that's destined for lunar missions.
How to watch the upgraded SpaceX Dragon capsule depart space station
After just over a month docked at the ISS, SpaceX’s upgraded Cargo Dragon spacecraft is about to undock and return to Earth loaded with experiments.
NASA wants to use small satellites to unlock the secrets of the universe
NASA could soon be launching four new small-scale projects which aim to unpick the mysteries of the cosmos on a relatively tiny budget.
NASA extends Juno and InSight missions, will continue exploring Jupiter and Mars
NASA has announced it is extending the missions of two of its spacecraft: the Juno spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter and the InSight lander located on Mars.
Immerse yourself in NASA’s VR tour of Kennedy’s Launch Pad 39B
A virtual-reality video from NASA lets you explore the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39B, which is gearing up for the next moon missions.
Why are we going to the moon again? NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren explains
NASA has plans to send astronauts to the moon again. But why? What's the goal? We spoke with astronaut Kjell Lindgren to get a breakdown.