NASA considers using nuclear bombs to destroy Moon-bound ‘city killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4
This unusual proposal, aimed at preventing a potential lunar impact, was recently detailed in a study on the…
Trump to shut down NASA missions that monitor carbon dioxide and plant heath
The Trump administration is moving to shut down two NASA missions that monitor a potent greenhouse gas and…
NASA Astronauts return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space
Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore of NASA returned to Earth early this morning aboard a SpaceX Crew…
Stuck NASA Astronauts plan for Return to Earth this week
A pair of US astronauts stuck for more than nine months on the International Space Station will be…
NASA’s Athena Moon lander set to land near South Pole today
This mission will join the growing fleet of spacecraft missions, including from India, mapping the lunar surface, searching…
Two Private lunar landers launch aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 for moon missions
The landers, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost and Resilience by Japanese company ispace, were carried aboard a SpaceX Falcon…
NASA Funds eight studies to protect astronaut health on long missions
NASA is funding eight new studies aimed at better understanding how the human body reacts to spaceflight
NASA postpones mission to asteroid Psyche by a week
The one-week delay cuts considerably into Psyche's launch window, which runs through Oct. 25
NASA appoints new director for UFO research as panel urges more study
While announcing the results of the study, NASA administrator Bill Nelson said the agency is appointing a new…
NASA hears signal from Voyager 2 spacecraft after mistakenly cutting contact
After days of silence, NASA has heard from Voyager 2 in interstellar space billions of miles away