The space agency has also been trying to resolve an issue with the spacecraft's heat shield.
Plus: SpaceX investigators finally reveal why Starship exploded during a test flight in November.
The mission, though stranded for months, turned out to be historically significant, achieving two new and important milestones.
An out-of-control satellite, Martian eclipses, and large sunspots make this month's gallery.
Two satellites missed each other by less than 66 feet on Wednesday, a close call that could have significantly increased orbital debris.
The Saffire experiment set fire to a Cygnus cargo vehicle in orbit to learn how flames behave in space.
At long last, Varda Space has a license to bring back its orbiting drug manufacturing capsule, which was earlier barred from Earth reentry.
Plus, a major development in the quest for nuclear fusion power.
Spaceplanes seemed out of favor when the Shuttle was retired in 2011. They now seem to be making a comeback.
NASA's spacecraft has been suffering from a computer anomaly for months, in what the project manager describes as the "most serious" incident in recent memory.
The commercial space station could reach low Earth orbit as early as 2028, just ahead of the planned decommissioning of the ISS.
The asteroid-sleuthing probe is transitioning from its orbit around the Sun to one beyond the orbit of Jupiter.
Some sensational things happened during the first month of 2024, some good, some bad, and some utterly unexpected.
The museum team stacked the Endeavour orbiter on top of an external tank and two solid boosters, marking a big step towards the completion of the display.
Launching this coming weekend, the first four satellites of NorthStar's planned constellation will monitor space traffic and aid in collision prevention.
Humanity has sent all sorts of stuff into space over the years. These items are the most valuable and historically significant.
A new photo reveals what's happened to SLIM lander, which made a historic pinpoint landing on the Moon.
The company conducted a spectacular burst test on a full-scale LIFE module to assess the strength of its pressure shell.
Astrobotic made the tough choice to destroy its lunar lander, which disintegrated in Earth's atmosphere on Thursday.
Astrobotic's lunar lander is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere at 4:00 p.m. ET over the South Pacific.
