The United States is preparing to send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than half a century, riding a towering new rocket that is now assembled and undergoing final checks in Florida.

Congressional supporters of the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission have buckled to pressure from the Trump administration to kill the centerpiece of NASA’s exploration plans over the next decade. Although the compromise bill released this week only officially covers this year’s expenditure,

NASA’s largest library at the Goddard Space Flight Center has shut permanently after 66 years. US lawmakers blame the Trump administration, calling the move ‘deeply concerning’ for science and space research.

NASA is preparing for their first spacewalks of the year.These walks, called extravehicular activities, will allow the astronauts to perform tasks outside the<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Most of Thursday's conversation surrounded the agency's highly anticipated Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission, which should greatly improve ...

Explosions of charged particles from the Sun, known as Coronal Mass Ejections (CME), are being observed in more detail by a NASA mission aimed at helping scientists better predict space weather events. A new video stitched together using the first PUNCH ...

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy has directed the agency to fast-track plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. Expediting work to place a reactor on the lunar surface to help power moon exploration efforts would keep the United States ahead of ...

Nasa has barred Chinese nationals on US visas from its facilities and networks, in the latest reflection of Washington's mounting concern over Beijing's progress in space and other advanced technologies. Although the space agency has typically restricted ...

Sprites are what scientists refer to as transient luminous events (TLEs) that happen above the clouds during periods of intense electrical activity, like lightning. Ayers, who is quite the astral photographer, also shared photos of what lightning looks ...

The unnamed crew member is stable aboard the International Space Station, officials said, but needs care on Earth.