A SpaceX Falcon 9 will lift 23 Starlink v2 Mini satellites to low-Earth orbit (LEO) on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 6:15 PM EST ...

The space telescope Gaia has created the largest three-dimensional map of the Milky Way ever. On January 15, 2025, Gaia shut ...

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

But the mission will also bring something that’s never been installed on the moon or anywhere else in space before—a fully ...

How do you cool down a phoenix? I don't mean the mythological birds of flame and rebirth, but rather a cosmic namesake with a fittingly fiery nature.

While resisting the persistent courtship of its American suitor, Greenland’s left-leaning, independence-minded government in power (for the moment) continues to profess its disinterest, and to spurn ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has encountered patches of sharp “gator-back” rocks causing mission planners to look for a new route ...

The lander, Blue Ghost, fired its engines for four minutes Thursday to propel the spacecraft into lunar orbit ahead of a ...

However, Isaacman made some of his most in-depth remarks yet on his vision to lead the space agency this weekend on the ...

NASA is a methodical institution that plans its missions years or even decades in advance, enjoys a famously loyal workforce ...

NASA's Perseverance collects the “Silver Mountain” sample in Jezero, revealing geological secrets and possible traces of ...

As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far ...