Tipped-over Odysseus moon lander sends back pictures
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter confirms Odysseus reached its planned landing site near the moon's south pole.
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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter confirms Odysseus reached its planned landing site near the moon's south pole.
Intuitive Machines's Odysseus lunar lander became the first privately-built spacecraft to safely complete a moon landing.
People across the eastern U.S. and in parts of Canada saw a dazzling light show on Wednesday night, as a fireball entered the atmosphere and burned up.
Images shared by NASA show the U.S. East Coast is actually sinking — including the land that holds major cities like New York and Baltimore.
NASA is looking for four volunteers to spend a year living and working inside a Mars simulator.
The Hubble Space Telescope captured a bold photo of the likely star forming about 5,900 light-years from Earth.
Scientists studied four asteroids that were rich in silicate, and found molecular water on two of them.
Living long past its design lifetime, the Ingenuity helicopter was finally done in by rotor damage during a presumed off-kilter landing.
Engineers are troubleshooting an apparent propulsion system issue that threatens a planned moon landing next month.
NASA's spacecraft Juno did a flyby of Jupiter's moon Io to learn more about the lunar body's volcanic activity.
Scientists say one of the largest solar flares in recorded scientific history was strong enough to block radio communications on planet Earth, Thursday evening.
Perseverance, which landed on Mars in 2021, has been exploring the planet for signs of ancient life.
NASA is facing challenges with SpaceX's moon lander and the new Axiom spacesuits for moonwalkers.
The Vikings were without a starting quarterback when Kirk Cousins was lost for the year. They found an aerospace engineer to solve the problem.
Sparkling and colorful images of faraway galaxy clusters recently released by NASA show one of the most detailed views of the universe ever taken.
The unpiloted Dragon cargo ship is loaded with 6,500 pounds of research equipment, supplies and fresh food.
"It's astounding how this thing actually is sitting in place already with its galaxy so early on in the universe," said one of the study's authors.
NASA described the planets as "scorching" and "bathed" in heat emitted by a distant host star.
NASA's Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer telescope studied the nebula for about 17 days, the agency said, marking the longest time it has focused on one object.
The Orionids are known for their brightness and speed, traveling at about 41 miles per second.
A striking image taken by the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera shows the moon casting an enormous shadow over the U.S. during an annular eclipse on Saturday.
In a dramatic 13-minute plunge back to Earth, the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule safely landed in Utah after seven years in space.
Frank Rubio and two cosmonaut crewmates return to Earth next Wednesday to wrap up a U.S. record 371-day stay in orbit.
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 National Reconnaissance Office says the "Silent Barker" satellites will keep tabs on potentially threatening adversary spacecraft.
