NASA's Orion Capsule Has Made It To The Moon, Completing Its Closest Lunar Flyby
NASA's Artemis I mission launched last week, and its Orion spacecraft has now flown within 100 miles of the moon. Here's what's next for the lunar mission.
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NASA's First SLS Flight Is A Success As Artemis 1 Sends Orion Spacecraft To The Moon
NASA successfully launched the Artemis I mission which will be an unmanned 25-day trek out past the moon and back to earth. This is the first of three missions.
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When And How To Watch NASA's Artemis 1 Launch This Week
NASA has provided the go-ahead for the Artemis 1 launch on November 16. Here's how and when to watch the space mission begin from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
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NASA's Failed Mars Missions That Cost Over $200 Million
On January 3, 1999, NASA launched what was going to be an exciting new mission to the Red Planet, the Mars Polar Lander, but it didn't go as planned.
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Here's How Spacecraft Maneuver Around Space Debris
Space debris and space junk present a threat to satellites and spacecraft leaving the Earth and orbiting it. Here's how NASA deals with potential collisions.
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This Simple Programing Error Cost NASA $18 Million
NASA's failed Mariner 1 mission that the failed cost roughly $18 million at the time, now valued at $150 million.
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The Scary Truth About NASA's 'Smiling Sun' Photo
The "Smiling Sun" event was ranked as a G1. An "extreme" geomagnetic storm, or a G5, would set off a number of systemic problems,
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NASA SLS Stands Up To Hurricane Nicole And Artemis I Launch Date Remains 'On Track'
NASA affirms that the Space Launch System (SLS) takeoff is still targeted for 1:04 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, Nov. 16.
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NASA Confirms Discovery Of Underwater Artifacts From The Challenger Disaster
Documentary filmmakers, while searching for downed WWII aircraft, came across some pieces of the Challenger shuttle, which exploded in January 1986.
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The Complicated History Of Water On Mars And Why It Matters In The Search For Life
If you were to visit Mars today, you'd find a barren desert with almost certainly nothing alive there. But millions of years ago, Mars looked very different.
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NASA Changes Artemis 1 Launch Date Over Tropical Storm Concerns
NASA has been forced to delay its Artemis 1 mission, this time due to Tropical Storm Nicole and its heavy winds, which could potentially cause damage.
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The Bizarre Space Force Plane That Hasn't Landed In 2 Years
An unmanned space plane for the United States Space Force has been circling the Earth for over 900 days and continues operating to this day.
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Why Mars Has 15,000 Pounds Of Trash
All our space exploration has left behind mountains of trash on the surface of the moon and now Mars.
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NASA Is Sending Something Unexpected To The Moon
When the Artemis I mission launches later this month, NASA will send along a flash drive containing the makes of over 3,000,000 people who signed up.
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy Gets Its First Launch In Years
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket successfully launched for the first time in years, carrying space-exploration tech for the U.S. Space Force. Here's how it went.
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International Space Station Swerves To Avoid The Satellite Russia Blew Up
Debris from a Russian anti-satellite missile test just forced the International Space Station to adjust its position again, as tensions with the U.S. simmer.
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How A NASA Lander Heard Its First Meteoroid Impact
Just like on Earth, seismic activity on Mars can be a great gauge for mapping out the planet's surface, its core, as well as detect meteoric impacts.
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Here's How Hydrogen Could Soon Fuel SpaceX Rockets
The world's biggest green hydrogen plant is opening in Texas and it may start providing clean, sustainable fuel to SpaceX rockets in the near future.
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James Webb Shows Off The Famous Pillars Of Creation In Stunning Detail
The Pillars of Creation have gotten a new look courtesy of the James Webb Space Telescope, which photographed the space anomaly with an infrared camera.
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Woman Pays $30K To Get Her Astronaut Boyfriend Back To Earth
A crafty Instagram scammer told an elderly woman he needed thousands to get back to her from space so they could marry.
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Elon Musk Says SpaceX Can No Longer Foot The Bill For Starlink In Ukraine
Starlink has been providing interner services to Ukraine since the conflict with Russia began, but Elon Musk says it can't continue to foot the bill.
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The Mysterious Phenomenon The Kepler Space Telescope Discovered
In 2011, the Kepler Space Telescope found a distant phenomenon that still has scientists theorizing about stars, comets, and alien life. Here's what it found.
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NASA's DART Mission Worked, Potentially Giving Earth A Defense Against Rogue Asteroids
NASA slammed a spacecraft into an asteroid on purpose, and two weeks later, the results are in. The mission had a bigger impact than researchers had expected.
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NASA Wants To Mine The Moon, But Law Experts Say It's Not That Simple
NASA's next mission to the Moon may involve mining it, which can prove helpful for further space exploration. Here's what has to go right for that to happen.
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NASA's Successful DART Mission Leaves Behind A Stunning Sight
NASA recently crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid on purpose, and now researchers have shared an image of the resulting debris blasted off the space rock.
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The Last Thing This $300 Million NASA Spacecraft Saw
NASA recently completed its DART mission, an attempt to use spacecraft as a planetary defense against asteroids. Here are the images NASA gathered from it.
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3D Printing Could Solve This Huge Mars Problem
Transporting materials into space is costly, but 3D printing could help space travelers carry out their missions.
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