World Jul 11 Billionaire Richard Branson reaches space in his own ship Swashbuckling entrepreneur Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday, beating out fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos.
Science Jun 02 WATCH: NASA picks Venus as hot spot for two new robotic missions 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 Total lunar eclipse combines with supermoon this week 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 NASA spacecraft begins 2-year trip home with asteroid rubble 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 returns 4 astronauts to Earth; rare night splashdown 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 WATCH: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts answer media questions NASA and SpaceX are promising more Coast Guard patrols and fewer pleasure boaters for this week's splashdown by four astronauts.
Science Apr 23 SpaceX successfully uses recycled parts to launch third crew into orbit 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 NASA’s Mars helicopter soars higher, longer on 2nd flight "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 NASA helicopter Ingenuity successfully flies on Mars It was a brief hop — just 39 seconds — but accomplished major milestones and was hailed as a Wright Brothers moment.
Politics Mar 19 Biden picks former senator who flew in space to lead NASA President Joe Biden has chosen a former senator from Florida who flew on the space shuttle to lead NASA.