NASA probe crashes into asteroid in planetary defense test
The 14,000-mph impact is designed to test whether a future threatening asteroid can be nudged off course.
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The 14,000-mph impact is designed to test whether a future threatening asteroid can be nudged off course.
The DART spacecraft is set to purposely crash into an asteroid — a test for a potential real threat far in the future.
Recently released photos from NASA clearly show Neptune's rings for the first time, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.
The rover is collecting samples rich in the raw materials of life, but laboratory analysis on Earth will be needed to draw conclusions.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed more details about how star are formed in the Tarantula Nebula.
Another frustrating delay for NASA's star-crossed SLS moon rocket.
For the second time in the span of a week, NASA crews postponed the launch of the Artemis I rocket planned to head to the moon. Crews were unable to fix a fuel leak ahead of launch time.
Engineers developed a work around to avoid a repeat of the engine cooling problem that derailed Monday's launch try.
NASA managers will conduct a final review Thursday before giving engineers clearance to proceed with launch.
Trouble cooling one of the giant rocket's engines and a balky valve needed for troubleshooting triggered a launch scrub.
Bad weather and a hydrogen leak delayed the launch, which was eventually postponed to Friday at the earliest. Kara Finnstrom reports.
All over the globe, the Sturgeon moon gave viewers one last supermoon before 2023.
Another new image released by NASA from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the Cartwheel Galaxy, located more than 500 million light years from Earth.
As photos continue to be released from the James Webb Space Telescope, new images with an up-close look at the planet Jupiter were made public.
Dr. Heidi Hammel, an interdisciplinary scientist, joined the studio to discuss the stunning images released by NASA on Tuesday, showing never before seen footage of the depths of space. She talks about what to expect from the James Webb Space Telescope and what it could reveal about the universe.
For the first time in history, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory appointed a woman to lead the pioneering space research center.
Millions in the Americas, Europe and Africa were able to see the spectacular red glow of the total lunar eclipse.
The splashdown went according to plan, marking the end of the crew's 176-day mission and the maiden voyage of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.
The Caltech Resnick Sustainability Center was made possible by a $750 million donation.
Allen Parker is an electrical engineer at NASA usually based at the Armstrong Flight Research Center located inside Edwards Air Force Base in the Antelope Valley, though he's been working out of his garage in Lancaster lately due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He said his career relies on all of the STEAM disciplines — science, technology, engineering, art and math.
Janeya Griffin is a technology transfer specialist for NASA, managing and selling the agency's technology. Of all of the STEAM disciplines, Griffin says her job leans most on technology and math.
The Space Medicine Fellowship, which will train surgeons to treat people in space, is the first of its kind in the nation. The two-year program will train its fellows with NASA and rotate them between SpaceX and JPL.
A joint effort with ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency, the Webb observatory is NASA's revolutionary flagship mission to seek the light from the first galaxies in the early universe and to explore our own solar system, as well as planets orbiting other stars, called exoplanets.
On Tuesday night, NASA and SpaceX tested their new spacecraft meant to protect the world from asteroids set to collide with Earth.
DART will crash into the Dimorphos asteroid sometime in the fall of 2022 at a speed of 15,000 miles per hour.
