NASA is inviting U.S. students from kindergarten to 12th grade to participate in its fourth annual Power to Explore Student Challenge. Students are asked to write an essay about a new nuclear-powered ...

The agency is starting down two different paths toward the samples' return, but only one will bring the red rocks home.

Among all the challenges of voyaging to and successfully landing on other worlds, the effective collection and study of soil and rock samples cannot be underestimated.

The simulation involved two full teams of flight controllers, the Sierra Space team in Colorado and the NASA team in Houston, ...

Stranded. Stuck in an airlock. Drowning in a spacesuit. The history of humans off-planet has been both beautiful and ...

The Parker Solar Probe broke its record by flying closer to the sun than ever before, reaching a distance of just 3.8 million ...

The "Mars Chopper" as NASA is calling it, appears bulkier compared to its predecessor and has a greater payload capacity.

SWOT's new satellite technology offers unprecedented global monitoring of water levels, aiding in the management of resources ...

NASA delays Artemis 2 to 2026, Artemis 3 to mid-2027 for safety Orion heat shield issues identified during Artemis 1 mission Changes could impact NASA's global space exploration leadership ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe was expected to make history on Tuesday, December 24, by flying into the sun's outer atmosphere, called the corona, on a mission to help scientists learn more about Earth's ...

Artist’s concept of Parker Solar Probe. On Tuesday, Dec. 24, NASA's Parker Solar Probe got to within ... [+] just 3.86 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun's surface. NASA’s ...

NASA/Naval Research Laboratory/Parker Solar Probe The Parker Solar Probe is attempting the closest ever pass of the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. An image from the Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR ...