NASA's $21B budget request to fund moon, Mars missions

Trump administration budget request maintains NASA's focus on increased commercialization and deep space exploration

• Mar 11, 2019

SpaceX crew ship returns to Earth after historic flight

The unpiloted test of the SpaceX Crew Dragon helps clear the way for launch of two astronauts this summer

• Mar 8, 2019

SpaceX capsule for astronauts blasts off toward space station

SpaceX launches unpiloted crew ship on historic test flight

• Mar 2, 2019

SpaceX launches rocket carrying privately funded Israeli moon lander

If successful, the $100M mission will put Israel in an exclusive club, joining the U.S., Soviet Union/Russia and China as only the fourth nation in space history to pull off a powered landing on the moon

• Feb 21, 2019

Hope fading for Mars Opportunity rover

NASA engineers have not given up trying to revive the Opportunity Mars rover in the wake of a dust storm last year – but "we're getting close to the end"

• Jan 25, 2019

New Horizons beams back best image yet of Ultima Thule

NASA's New Horizons probe has sent back more photos from the far side of the solar system, a billion miles past Pluto

• Jan 24, 2019

Bezos' Blue Origin launches rocket on 10th test flight

A successful test flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket puts the company a step closer to launching people

• Jan 23, 2019

Astronaut pulled from upcoming flight due to medical issues

NASA Astronaut Eric Boe has been pulled from a commercial crew test flight for medical reasons

• Jan 22, 2019

"Super blood wolf moon" puts on show in night sky

The rare celestial event wowed anyone who saw it

• Jan 21, 2019

Unpaid NASA workers protect missions during shutdown

NASA managers and engineers continue to oversee critical missions amid shutdown chaos

• Jan 17, 2019

SpaceX plans to lay off about 10 percent of workforce

"This action is taken only due to the extraordinarily difficult challenges ahead," the company said

• Jan 12, 2019

SpaceX launches final set of Iridium satellites

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off with a final set of 10 Iridium NEXT communications satellites

• Jan 11, 2019

Mysterious repeating signal in space discovered

Is it a sign of alien life? Astronomers have yet to detect where these signals come from

• Jan 9, 2019

New images reveal most distant space debris ever seen

The latest images from NASA's New Horizons probe reveal "the most primitive object that has yet been seen by any spacecraft"

• Jan 2, 2019

New Horizons space probe closes in for historic encounter

NASA's New Horizons probe is racing toward the most distant space object ever explored, 4.1 billion miles from Earth

• Dec 31, 2018

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