NASA is moving into a new phase of space exploration, with major progress across human spaceflight, science missions, and ...

In 2006, NASA’s Stardust mission accomplished something no other spacecraft had done before: it returned solid material from ...

If all goes to plan, NASA will launch its Artemis II mission in February ...

I n 2016, NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) probe, which famously touched down on asteroid Bennu in 2020, before ...

NASA’s new solar engine powers the Gateway space station, advancing Artemis missions and deep space exploration.

Building on past use of nuclear systems, NASA and the Department of Energy are developing small nuclear fission reactors for the Moon to provide reliable, long-duration power for future Artemis missio ...

NASA’s newly launched IMAP mission is set to tell us more about the boundary between our Solar System and interstellar space ...

The three missions launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket the morning of September 24. NASA A SpaceX launch early Wednesday morning sent a trio of spacecraft toward a destination almost one million ...

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars. Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, ...

MAVEN was built to last in orbit until 2030 — that's not looking likely anymore.

In September, NASA announced that the threat of solar storms is reaching a new high, noting that the activities on the Sun's surface have intensified in the past decade. Solar storms can lead to some ...