“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

NASA's Roman Space Telescope is preparing for launch in 2027, with a mission to study distant galaxies and explore dark energy.

But last week's launch marked a crucial step to pave the way for NASA to send astronauts back to the moon in the years ahead under its Artemis campaign – its first lunar program since the Apollo ...

Bill Nelson has stepped down as NASA administrator, ending a half-century of public service. Nelson and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy left the agency on Monday (Jan. 20), the day that ...

As the Trump administration returns to power, NASA faces a crossroads that could redefine its mission for decades to come. As the new Trump administration takes the reins in the White House ...

The National Space Council, first established by the 1958 law that created NASA, has been used intermittently by presidential administrations over the history of the space age, with its necessity ...

The first was NASA's Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS), which operated for just 10 months in 1983 and was the first space telescope to peer into the infrared range. The second was the Nuclear ...

Sunita Williams, one of NASA's two stranded astronauts, took her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station (ISS) more than seven months ago on Thursday, enjoying a much ...

Technical issues with the spacecraft delayed their return to Earth. NASA has since rescheduled their journey for March or April. Safety concerns with SpaceX’s Crew-10 mission have further ...

Nasa astronaut Suni Williams, one of two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station, ventured outside for a spacewalk on Thursday for the first time since arriving on board seven months ago.

It was the first spacewalk by NASA astronauts since an aborted one last summer. U.S. spacewalks were put on hold after water leaked into the airlock from the cooling loop for an astronaut's suit. NASA ...