An animated time-lapse reveals orbiting exoplanets in a distant star system.
The latest shot in the space telescope’s portfolio is a piercing gaze into a distant part of the sky.
SpaceX's internet service is now active in Nigeria, despite the company's earlier claim that Starlink was already present on all seven continents.
Columbia broke apart during reentry on February 1, 2003, killing all seven astronauts on board. For the Shuttle program, it marked the beginning of the end.
The Drag Augmentation Deorbiting System is a 38-square-foot sail that's designed to deorbit satellites at the end of their lives—and it appears to work.
One of the NASA rover’s main jobs was to collect rock samples for eventual shipment to Earth.
The orbital near miss happened on January 27, with the two large pieces of space junk, both from the Soviet era, missing each other by an estimated 20 feet.
It’s not the first time the spacecraft has had issues with its imaging instrument.
The coming week will also be a time for solemn reflection, as NASA commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster.
Lauren Sánchez—an experienced pilot—expects to lead the crew on a New Shepard rocket, which may not launch again until next year.
A research team believes hard-to-destroy asteroids made from loose rubble and dust may be quite common in our solar system.
A Falcon 9 carried a 38,360-pound payload to low Earth orbit on Thursday, in what is a new weight record for the trusty rocket.
The rotating detonation rocket engine is powered by supersonic technology, in a breakthrough that could revolutionize the way humans travel in space.
The robotic arm is integral to the Mars Sample Return Program, a joint venture between NASA and ESA that's seeking to return Martian samples to Earth in 2033.
NASA will test the spacecraft’s asteroid-tracking navigation system during the impromptu encounter, slated for November.
The incoming asteroid, called 2023 BU, does not pose a threat to Earth, NASA says.
A Mars satellite snapped this uncanny image of a rock formation.
A communications delay timed out the instrument’s flight software, and some planned observations will have to be rescheduled, NASA says.
Scheduled for launch in October, AstroForge’s prospector spacecraft will seek to inspect an asteroid located 22 million miles from Earth.
Called DRACO, the demonstration spacecraft could reach Mars three times faster than vessels running on traditional chemical-based propulsion.
