SpaceX Starship in Florida: Musk envisions 2 'Mechazilla' launch towers at Cape Canaveral
During a presentation to SpaceX employees in early April, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk provided a comprehensive update on the company's strategy for interplanetary colonization with its sights firmly set on Mars.
NASA to begin distributing 'moon trees' with seeds that flew around moon
Some out-of-this-world trees are now home and ready to begin inspiring a new generation. NASA is preparing to distribute "moon tree" seedlings that have sprouted from seeds flown on the Artemis I lunar mission.
NASA astronauts land for upcoming launch
Starliner astronauts landed on the Space Coast Thursday afternoon. The duo is two weeks away from leaving earth and launching on Boeing’s highly anticipated and highly delayed Starliner spacecraft.
Voyager 1: NASA may have just managed to save its historic spacecraft
Voyager 1 and 2 launched in 1977 and are NASA’s oldest and most distant robotic space travelers. An issue with Voyager 1’s code that began in November meant the spacecraft was unable to send back data from interstellar space. After some creative engineering to find a solution, Voyager teams got the first usable data from the spacecraft on April 20.
NASA to send drone-like lander to explore Saturn’s moon, Titan
The rotorcraft lander, named Dragonfly, is set to launch in July 2028.
NASA seeks ideas for Mars sample return mission
NASA is rethinking how to bring samples from Mars back to Earth after a review found that current budget constraints would delay the Mars sample return mission to 2040 and cost more than $11 billion.
NASA seeks new ideas for Mars sample return mission due to budget constraints
The current Mars sample return plan would cause NASA to take funds from other planned missions. The space agency is seeking an alternate plan for getting Mars samples back in the 2030s and for less than $7 billion.
US, Japan announce joint venture for Moon exploration
The pressurized rover will be in addition to one in development by U.S. companies that is expected to be in operation by 2030. The last lunar vehicle to be used on the Moon happened during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.
Delta IV Heavy rocket launch scrubbed as team works to set new date
The ULA Delta IV Heavy rocket has been scrubbed as the team works to determine the cause of Thursday's failure.
Watch again: NASA, SpaceX launch supplies, research mission to International Space Station
NASA is sending another research and supplies mission to the International Space Station on Thursday aboard SpaceX's 30th commercial resupply mission.
NASA engineers have renewed hope to fix hobbled Voyager 1 after interstellar space data outage
The process of troubleshooting an issue with Voyager 1 traveling through interstellar space is complicated. It takes about 45 hours for commands to be sent and a response to come back, but NASA engineers recently got a new clue to solving the spacecraft computer issue.
'Devil comet' could become visible to the naked eye this month
Stargazers should check the sky to get a glimpse of 12PPons-Brooks which is heading toward its closest approach to the sun on its 71-year orbit.
NASA looking to hire astronauts: Do you have what it takes?
Applicants who are accepted can expect an annual salary of $152,258 per year.
NASA, SpaceX Crew-8 rocket launch: 4 astronauts headed to International Space Station
Watch again: NASA, SpaceX Crew-8 Mission to the International Space Station.
Crew-8 launch scheduled for tonight
The crew-8 launch is slated to happen Saturday night and officials said there's a 40% chance it'll happen.
Odysseus lunar lander update: NASA, Intuitive Machines space experiment lands tilted on the moon
The IM-1 mission launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 15 and successfully landed on the moon on Feb. 22.
NASA's historic moon mission ending early as lander loses power, ability to communicate
NASA’s mission to the moon ended on Tuesday. The lander is running out of power, so communication from the moon to Earth won’t be possible.
Odysseus lunar lander: Spacecraft on its side on moon's surface with some antennas covered
A private U.S. lunar lander tipped over at touchdown and ended up on its side near the moon's south pole, hampering communications, company officials said Friday.
Odysseus moon lander: Lunar lander successfully transmitting from moon's surface, NASA says
A lunar lander with a half-dozen NASA science experiments landed on the moon's south polar region Thursday evening – a week after it launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at Kennedy Space Center.
'Martians wanted': NASA seeking applicants to live in year-long Mars simulator
This mission will be the second of three Mars living simulations Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog, or CHAPEA.