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"Space is the hot thing," President Trump said at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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"Space is the hot thing," President Trump said at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.
A NASA spacecraft circling the moon is providing the sharpest views yet of the crater carved by a crashing SpaceX rocket.
The Soyuz MS-28 landing in Kazakhstan brought a 241-day stay in space to a successful conclusion.
Exactly where the comet 3I/ATLAS came from within the Milky Way remains a mystery.
NASA's Artemis III astronauts plan to carry out rendezvous and docking procedures with commercial moon landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin.
President Trump says to "have fun" deciding what's really going on as a wave of UFO documents become public. Among the sightings is an object over Kazakhstan "doing corkscrews," the files said. CBS's Carter Evans reports.
At the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus, the future of NASA space suits are on the launch pad.
The mission to the moon was a major science success and it made a big splash when it comes to the next generation too. As Photojournalist Nick Lunemann and Derek James report, Minnesota students are hoping to design the space suit of the future.
The successful Artemis II mission around the moon is a reminder that space exploration is built on decades of groundwork. Photojournalist Joe Van Ryn and Frankie McLister show how a University of Minnesota graduate helped pave the way for spaceflight.
The Artemis II astronauts flew back to the Johnson Space Center in Houston Saturday to cheers and applause from family members and hundreds of NASA workers.
NASA's Artemis II astronauts returned to Earth with a splashdown landing in the Pacific Ocean after making a high-speed reentry through the atmosphere.
One of the most dangerous parts of the Artemis II mission is expected to happen on Friday evening. Gwen Baumgardner reports on the crew's return and meteorologist Adam Del Rosso shows why everything has to go according to plan.
The crew of NASA's Artemis II mission captured a new image of the far side of the moon, which the agency released Sunday.
Amid ongoing toilet trouble, the Artemis II astronauts reflected on the wonder of sailing through deep space to the moon.
The photo shows the entire planet, as well as the Northern and Southern lights.
Excitement was high at the University of Minnesota as students prepared to watch NASA's Artemis II mission launch toward the moon.
NASA launched four astronauts on a historic nine-day trip around the moon and back. Here's everything to know about the Artemis II mission.
Solar flares and other activity can disrupt radio communications, power grids and navigation signals, according to NASA.
After a stunning northern lights show Tuesday night, Minnesotans may get another chance to spot them on Wednesday.
A NASA astronaut from Minneapolis is set to launch on a mission to the International Space Station next summer.
Dr. Anil Menon will head to the space station on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft in June 2026 as a flight engineer and Expedition 75 crew member, NASA said.
The Cat's Paw Nebula is about 4,000 light-years from Earth, near the constellation Scorpius.
This asteroid is bigger than scientists anticipated, about 5 miles long and 2 miles wide at its widest point — resembling a deformed peanut.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who were stuck in space for more than nine months, took questions after returning to Earth.
Two astronauts, stuck in space, are finally home. They splashed down off the Florida coast Tuesday afternoon before getting on a boat to head back to dry land. The pair had a 17-hour flight back to Earth after being on the International Space Station for more than nine months.
