3 space station crew members back on Earth after U.S.-record year in space
Descent from the International Space Station closed out an unexpected 371-day stay, the longest flight in U.S. space history.
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Descent from the International Space Station closed out an unexpected 371-day stay, the longest flight in U.S. space history.
The OSIRIS-REx sample return in Utah will bring a seven-year, four-billion-mile journey to a close, providing insights into the birth of the solar system.
NASA officials stressed that the group found no evidence that UAPs are "extraterrestrial" in nature, but said some of the objects cannot be explained.
The powerful James Webb Space Telescope revealed "crescent-like structures" within the SN 1987A supernova.
Millions of stargazers around the world looked to the sky last night to see the super blue moon — and many captured pictures.
On Aug. 30, you will be able to see the month's second full moon, also known as a blue moon. It will appear bigger and brighter than usual, making it a supermoon, too.
Data from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show July 2023 was hotter than any month on record.
NASA has heard a "heartbeat" from its Voyager 2 spacecraft after a wrong command accidentally cut off communications.
The new discovery makes Enceladus' ocean the only one outside of Earth known to contain all six elements needed for life.
The 16-member independent study group is set to release a report detailing the findings of its investigation later this summer.
NASA's Landsat 9 satellite, which was launched in 2021 to capture images of Earth's land surface, sent back images of bright purple and green blooms in Carrizo Plain National Park.
The Artemis II mission is intended to pave the way toward the next moon landing and eventually fly to Mars.
Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars will align on Tuesday night.
An issue with the Falcon 9 rocket's engine ignition system prompted the postponement.
The James Webb Space Telescope revealed galaxies from more than 13 billion years ago that seem to be as mature as the Milky Way is now: "Something so unexpected it actually creates problems for science."
The comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is believed to have traveled billions of miles from the most distant region of the solar system — and this will likely be the only time it's visible from Earth for thousands of years.
Cunningham was one of three men who served on the first human test flight of the Apollo spacecraft, a mission that helped pave the way for astronauts to walk on the moon for the first time just months later.
The successful return to Earth marks a major milestone in NASA's plans to return astronauts to the surface of the moon.
A critical rocket firing on the back side of the moon sent the Orion capsule toward a distant orbit for extended tests.
"We're going to be sending people down to the surface and they're going to be living on that surface and doing science," NASA official Howard Hu said.
Scientists say the new observations are just the tip of the iceberg of new discoveries coming in from Webb.
After a series of delays, the 322-foot-tall Artemis moon rocket finally blasted off with an eruption of white-hot fire and an earth-shaking roar
The space shuttle exploded just 73 seconds after launching from Cape Canaveral in Jan. 1986.
The sun appeared to be "smiling" down on Earth ahead of Halloween weekend. But what does it mean?
Jake Reiner reports on the successful NASA DART mission, engineered to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid at nearly 14,000 mph, in hopes of diverting its path on Monday after years of planning.
