Science Jun 02

The space agency's new administrator, Bill Nelson, announced two new robotic missions to the solar system's hottest planet, during his first major address to employees Wednesday.

Science May 24

Wednesday's eclipse is the first in more than two years and coincides with a supermoon. This super blood red moon will be visible across the Pacific, the western half of North America, the bottom of South America, and eastern Asia.

Science May 10

A NASA spacecraft is headed back to Earth with rubble it collected from an asteroid nearly 200 million miles away. The robotic explorer Osiris-Rex fired its engines Monday to start the two-year trip home.

Science May 02

SpaceX safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot.

Science Apr 26

NASA and SpaceX are promising more Coast Guard patrols and fewer pleasure boaters for this week's splashdown by four astronauts.

Science Apr 23

The astronauts from the U.S., Japan and France should reach the International Space Station early Saturday morning, following a 23-hour ride in the same Dragon capsule used by SpaceX’s debut crew last May.

Science Apr 22

"It sounds simple, but there are many unknowns regarding how to fly a helicopter on Mars," Ingenuity's chief pilot, Havard Grip, said from JPL in a statement. "That's why we're here — to make these unknowns known."…

Science Apr 19

It was a brief hop — just 39 seconds — but accomplished major milestones and was hailed as a Wright Brothers moment.

Politics Mar 19

President Joe Biden has chosen a former senator from Florida who flew on the space shuttle to lead NASA.

Science Mar 05

NASA's Kate Rubins and Japan's Soichi Noguchi successfully installed mounting brackets and struts Friday for the solar wings due to arrive in June.