It took 203 days to travel the 293 million miles through space for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Perseverance Rover to reach Mars and a few more hours for the craft to successfully land on the planet Thursday.
Thursday marks the 35th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster and serves as NASA’s annual day of remembrance to honor astronauts who died during missions.
Axiom Space has announced the first four commercial passengers to be rocketed to the International Space Station sometime in 2022.
The milestones President Donald Trump made in U.S. space exploration will no doubt last light-years after he leaves office.
Vice President Mike Pence, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, introduced some of the 18 astronauts that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has chosen to be on the initial team for the early Artemis missions on and around the Moon.
The first pilot to break the sound barrier, World War II flying ace Gen. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager, has died aged 97.
Researchers announced Monday that they have identified possible signs of life in the harsh acidic clouds of the planet Venus.
Dmitry Rogozin, head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency, claimed on Tuesday that Venus is a “Russian planet” because “our country was the first and only one to successfully land” there. Venus suddenly became a more desirable tourist destination this week with the announcement that possible signs of microbial life have been detected in the atmosphere.
Federal authorities allege that Texas A&M Professor Zhengdong Cheng lied to his employers about his relationship with the communist Chinese government. Cheng, who has also served as a NASA researcher, was reportedly found to have undisclosed ties to a Chinese university.
The year 2020 just keeps getting better and better with a pandemic, an intense election season, and now an asteroid headed towards Earth the day before Election Day.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is getting rid of names of space objects the federal agency believes to be “insensitive” and even “harmful,” according to an announcement posted on its website last week and updated on Monday.
NASA will launch a rocket on Thursday morning to Mars on a mission that will include deploying a rover, a helicopter, and collecting samples that scientists hope may show signs of life on the red planet.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has spent time cementing himself in the world of American space exploration — all while cozying up to Chinese communist officials.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said Wednesday that it was keeping an eye on several asteroids moving closer to Earth in the next few days.
Astronauts Chris Cassidy, Bob Behnken, and Doug Hurley held a press conference with reporters from the International Space Station on Monday.
The Dragon spacecraft docked at the International Space Station on Sunday morning, just 19 hours after the NASA SpaceX launch.
(AP) Bad weather postpones first launch of NASA astronauts from Florida in nine years. Next attempt is Saturday.
On Wednesday, for the first time in almost a decade, two American astronauts will launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Trump confirmed Thursday at the White House he is planning to attend the SpaceX/NASA manned rocket launch in Florida. “I’m thinking about going to the rocket launch,” Trump confirmed to reporters as he left the White House for a trip to Michigan.
University of Arkansas Professor Simon Ang was arrested on Monday on charges that he failed to disclose a financial relationship with the Chinese government. The arrest following the January arrest of a chemistry professor at Harvard University for failing to disclose similar ties to the Chinese government.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has confirmed that it is working on a film project featuring Tom Cruise that will be filmed onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
President Donald Trump has made space exploration a priority of his administration, and for the first time in almost a decade, a space flight will depart from Florida on May 27.
The estranged wife of female astronaut Anne McClain has been charged with lying to federal authorities about her spouse improperly accessing her bank account. The accusation was reported as NASA’s first-ever space crime allegation.
The media is celebrating that the coronavirus –– which has killed over 3,000 in China –– could be combating climate change as nations’ economies around the world are ground to a halt.
A professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville has been arrested for allegedly concealing his ties with a Chinese university, and engaging in wire fraud. According to the DOJ, he conspired with China to defraud NASA to get federal funding.
Katherine Johnson, a pioneering mathematician of her time who was featured in the movie Hidden Figures, has died at the age of 101, according to NASA.
CLAIM: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced Monday that brooms could stand by themselves because of the “gravitational pull.”
According to a recent report, a NASA safety panel has revealed that it is investigating a possible “catastrophic” software glitch that occurred during a crucial test flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spaceship designed to carry astronauts.
NASA Astronaut Christina Koch has returned to Earth after spending a record 328 days in space, breaking the record for the longest time a woman has spent in space.
A recent report on global temperature trends from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) relied on severely compromised data gathered from biased monitoring stations.
This Tuesday marks the 34th anniversary since the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded off Cape Canaveral in Florida, instantly killing everyone on board.
The Curiosity Rover on Mars is reportedly frozen in place following a systems failure that has rendered the robot unable to determine its position and altitude.
In an interview with CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald Trump praised Tesla CEO Elon Musk stating that he is “one of our very smart people, and we want to cherish those people.”
A 35-year-old former Navy SEAL and graduate of Harvard Medical School added yet another accomplishment to his list by becoming the first Korean-American NASA astronaut.
An observant teenager made the discovery of a lifetime during his internship at NASA this summer in Greenbelt, Maryland.
NASA astronaut Christina Koch on Saturday became the latest woman to spend the longest time in space.
Jessica Meir posted a picture on Sunday with a holiday message from the best possible vantage for a worldwide view of the holiday season.
Nov. 14 (UPI) — The 50-year anniversary of the Apollo 12 launch is reviving memories of how the United States made its first return to the moon.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Air Force’s mystery space plane is back on Earth, following a record-breaking two-year mission.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shared a creepy image of the sun to celebrate Halloween this year.
