NASA marks 20 years since space shuttle Columbia disaster
NASA sets aside the last Thursday of every January to commemorate its fallen astronauts
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NASA sets aside the last Thursday of every January to commemorate its fallen astronauts
NASA marked the 20th anniversary of the space shuttle Columbia tragedy with somber ceremonies and remembrances during its annual tribute to fallen astronauts on Thursday.
No risk of it hitting our planet
The icy ingredients studied in a molecular cloud 500 light-years away provide a "spectral snapshot" of the origins of space bodies.
The new roll-out solar arrays will help make up for age-related degradation in the International Space Station's original solar wings.
The lander's power levels have been dwindling for months because of all the dust coating its solar panels
The lander's power levels have been dwindling for months because of all the dust coating its solar panels
NASA hailed the descent and splashdown as close to perfect
Mark Strassmann has more on NASA's most ambitious lunar mission in half a century.
NASA’s Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a dramatic 25-day test flight.
The successful return to Earth marks a major milestone in NASA's plans to return astronauts to the surface of the moon.
The Orion spacecraft sent back some amazing pictures from its 25-day, 1.4-million-mile journey around the moon.
"Dec. 7 brings one of those magical moments when the sky changes dramatically before your very eyes," NASA said.
A final major engine firing went off without a hitch to put the Orion capsule on course for Sunday re-entry and splashdown.
Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio float outside the space station to install the third of six new roll-out solar blankets.
NASA released a selfie taken by the Orion capsule and close-up photos of the moon's crater-marked landscape as the spacecraft continues on the Artemis 1 mission, a 25-and-a-half day journey that will take it more than 40,000 miles beyond the far side of the moon.
Close-up photos of the moon's crater-marked landscape
After flyby, Orion is expected to travel more than 40,000 miles beyond the far side of the moon
After flyby, Orion is expected to travel more than 40,000 miles beyond the far side of the moon
It's all part of NASA's Artemis program, which aims to eventually establish a lunar outpost that can permanently host astronauts for the first time in history/
Thrilling thousands of viewers, including spaceport workers, area residents, and tourists, the SLS briefly turned night into day as it rapidly accelerated along a slightly northeasterly trajectory.
Gabby Arzola reports NASA's new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Wednesday.
Cheers accompanied the rocket as it rode a huge trail of flames toward space
If all goes well, the SLS rocket will send an unpiloted Orion capsule on a nearly monthlong journey to circle the moon and return to Earth.
Engineers concluded hurricane-damaged insulation poses no credible threat to the $4.1 billion rocket.
