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NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 8, 2022. DSOC’s gold-capped flight laser transceiver can be seen, near center, attached to the spacecraft.

Psyche spacecraft sends data back to Earth using lasers for the first time

NASA's experimental laser communication system, riding along with the Psyche spacecraft, has transmitted Psyche data from over 140 million miles away.
The official crew portrait for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Left is Suni Williams, who will serve as the pilot, and to the right is Barry “Butch” Wilmore, spacecraft commander.

Astronauts take major step toward Starliner’s first crewed flight

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is depicted in this artist’s concept traveling through interstellar space, or the space between stars, which it entered in 2012.

Voyager 1 spacecraft is still alive and sending signals to Earth

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter.

NASA video maps all 72 flights taken by Mars Ingenuity helicopter

An artist's impression of NASA's Dragonfly drone.

Watch how NASA plans to land a car-sized drone on Titan

An artist's impression of NASA's Dragonfly drone.

NASA gives green light to mission to send car-sized drone to Saturn moon

The International Space Station.

Junk from the ISS fell on a house in the U.S., NASA confirms

NASA starts testing the Orion capsule for the Artemis II mission.

Watch NASA begin testing its Orion capsule for lunar flyby

Still from the NASA livestream of the total eclipse in Russellville, Arkansas on March 8, 2024.

The first views of the eclipse are coming in, and they’re stunning

A total solar eclipse.

Total solar eclipse: NASA’s most important piece of advice

A total solar eclipse.

What kind of view will ISS astronauts get of the solar eclipse?

An artist’s concept design of NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle.

These 3 companies are developing NASA’s new moon vehicle

Starliner

NASA reveals target date for first crewed Starliner flight

NASA and Boeing are making the final preparations for the long-awaited and much-delayed maiden crewed flight of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
The path of totality of the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

The solar eclipse isn’t the only thing to enjoy in the skies in April

The total solar eclipse is definitely the main event this month, but there's also plenty more for skywatchers to enjoy over the coming weeks.
An artist’s concept of an Artemis astronaut deploying an instrument on the lunar surface.

NASA astronauts will try to grow plants on the moon

Among three experiments heading to the moon as part of the crewed Artemis III mission will be a plant-growth study, NASA has announced.
A person watches the annular solar eclipse of October 14, 2023, in Kerrville, Texas.

How to safely watch April’s total solar eclipse, in person or online

Next month will see a rare and exciting astronomical event: a total solar eclipse that will be viewable across much of North America. Here's how to watch it.
A total solar eclipse.

How to photograph April’s solar eclipse, according to NASA

NASA has shared some photography tips for folks keen to record next month's solar eclipse — and they don't all involve capturing the eclipse itself.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, on the company’s 29th commercial resupply services mission for the agency to the International Space Station.

Here’s the new science that’s launching to the ISS today

Today will see the launch of not only a group of astronauts visiting the ISS, but also a uncrewed cargo mission sent to resupply the station.
Scientists have used the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter’s Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) in a new mode of operation to record part of the Sun’s atmosphere that has been almost impossible to image until now. By covering the Sun’s bright disc with an ‘occulter’ inside the instrument, EUI can detect the million-times fainter ultraviolet light coming from the surrounding corona.

Help NASA in its quest to learn more about our sun

NASA is asking for volunteers to take part in research during April's total solar eclipse that will help it learn more about our sun.
Engineers fuel Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.

NASA and Boeing start fueling Starliner spacecraft for first crewed flight

After numerous delays, NASA and Boeing look more certain than ever to launch the first crewed flight of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft soon.
Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, left, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Moghbeli, Mogensen, Furukawa, and Borisov are returning after nearly six-months in space as part of Expedition 70 aboard the International Space Station.

NASA’s Crew-7 astronauts splash down safely off the coast of Florida

NASA's Crew-7 mission has splashed down off the coast of Florida, with the four astronauts on board returning safely from the International Space Station.
SpaceX's Crew-6 reentering Earth's atmosphere.

How to watch homecoming SpaceX astronauts fly overhead on Tuesday

Folks in more than a dozen states will have a chance to see SpaceX's Crew-7 spacecraft fly overhead as it travels toward the landing zone early on Tuesday.
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.

NASA, Boeing delay Starliner’s first crewed flight again

NASA and Boeing have pushed the target launch date for the first crewed test flight of the Starliner spacecraft from April to May.
SpaceX Crew-7 aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft at the start of their mission in August 2023.

How to watch SpaceX Crew-7 return to Earth this week

Space's Crew-7 is getting ready to return home after more than six months aboard the ISS, and the key moments of the return journey will be live streamed.
Part of NASA’s CADRE technology demonstration, three small rovers that will explore the Moon together show off their ability to drive as a team autonomously – without explicit commands from engineers – during a test in a clean room at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in December 2023.

Meet NASA’s trio of mini moon rovers set to launch next year

NASA introduces a trio of mini rovers which will work together as a team to map the lunar surface, testing out the possibilities of using rovers in groups.
An illustration showing astronauts on the moon.

NASA puts out call for potential Mars astronauts

NASA has put out a call for wannabe astronauts, with those making it through the selection process likely heading to the moon and possibly even Mars.
A SpaceX Crew Dragon carrying the Ax-3 crew departs from the space station in February 2024.

How to watch Crew-8 arrive at the space station tonight

SpaceX’s Crew-8 members are about to arrive at the International Space Station after launching from the Kennedy Space Center on Monday.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission launches from Kennedy Space Center at 10:53 p.m. EST on Sunday, March 3, 2024.

NASA addresses the crack in the hatch of the Crew-8 spacecraft

NASA and SpaceX launched the Crew-8 mission late last night, but a crack was discovered in the hatch seal of the spacecraft around 30 minutes before liftoff.
SpaceX Crew-8 launches to the space station in March 2024.

Crew-8 launches with small crack in capsule, but SpaceX says it’s safe

A small crack was spotted on a seal on the Crew Dragon's hatch prior to Sunday night's launch to the ISS, but SpaceX engineers said it poses no risk to safety.
SpaceX's Crew-8 head to the launchpad.

SpaceX’s Crew-8 head to launchpad for ride to space

NASA and SpaceX are aiming to launch Crew-8 from the Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station on Sunday night.
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Listen to the sounds of a space nebula with NASA sonifications

A NASA project called sonifications gives a new way to experience beautiful images of space: via sound.
The International Space Station.

Air is leaking from Russian module of the International Space Station

The International Space Station is experiencing a leak from a Russian module, but NASA assures the public that it is no threat to the crew on board.
NASA's Artemis II crew rehearsing the splashdown for its upcoming mission.

Artemis II lunar crew rehearses splashdown in the Pacific

The four NASA astronauts set to fly by the moon next year have been out training for the final stage of the mission: the splashdown.
An image captured by Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lunar lander.

Odysseus lunar lander sends a ‘fitting farewell transmission’ to Earth

Intuitive Machines' record-breaking Odysseus lunar lander lost power on Thursday, though it may be in touch again soon.