WASHINGTON — As NASA moves forward with landing a crewed Artemis 3 mission on the moon in September 2026, the agency's own analysis estimates a nearly one-in-three chance the lander…
Scientists analyze samples NASA returned from an asteroid made a surprising discovery that could mean space rock was once part of a long gone ocean world. What the team found…
This infographic highlights just how much data and how many images NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter has collected in its 23 years of work around the Red Planet. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech…
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The glittering towers of cosmic dust and gas at the heart of the Eagle Nebula have inspired awe for decades, since they were first imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope.…
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Two NASA astronauts were preparing to leave the International Space Station (ISS) for a second spacewalk attempt, but it was canceled again due to a problematic spacesuit malfunction.Three astronauts may…
Zoom in / NASA astronaut Christina Koch (right) poses for a portrait with her fellow Expedition 61 flight engineer Jessica Meir, who is in a US space suit for a…
NASA's Perseverance rover stores rock and soil samples in sealed tubes on the planet's surface for retrieval by future missions, as seen in this illustration. Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechNestled with every rock…
This image from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter camera shows China's Chang'e 6 in the Apollo basin on the far side of the moon on June 7, 2024. The lander is…