Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope captured the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft when it was about 342,000 km (212,508 mi.) away. On the same day, Orion delivered an amazing view of itself and the ...

NASA wants to send a rocket to Mars to retrieve samples collected by the Perseverance rover. Rocket Lab offered to do the mission for $4 billion. Congress just said "no." It's official: Mars Sample ...

Mars Sample Return would have turbo-charged Rocket Lab's revenue and added a feather to its cap. As Science.org reported earlier in the month, the U.S. House and Senate have agreed on a series of ...

NASA avoided major funding cuts through a spending package approved by Congress this month and signed Friday by President Donald Trump. The appropriations package includes $24.4 billion for the agency ...

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"There are incredibly tantalizing samples in the Perseverance rover's cache that could revolutionize our understanding of life in the solar system." When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Noctilucent or night-shining clouds are rare, high-altitude clouds that glow with a blue, silvery hue at dusk or dawn when the sun shines on them from below the horizon. These ice clouds typically ...

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Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison uncovered a critical flaw in how lunar and Martian rovers are tested on Earth. Simulations revealed that test results have been misleading for decades ...

I simply hate the way space exploration takes me from exultation to despair in a heartbeat, by continuously announcing magnificent programs, plans, and hardware, and continuously hitting roadblocks ...

A monthslong saga featuring tech billionaire Jared Isaacman — President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again pick to run NASA — has finally come to a close as the Senate confirmed his appointment in a ...