When Apollo 17 astronauts returned from the moon in 1972, they visited NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, to thank staff for their contributions to the mission, saying "we stood on the ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has achieved a major first by driving across Mars using routes planned by artificial intelligence rather than human operators. Credit: NASA. An AI just ...

Rocket Lab shares are sliding on Thursday as investors continue to react to Congress's decision to decline funding for a ...

The upcoming Artemis II mission is dubbed a huge leap in human space exploration, building directly on the uncrewed Artemis I ...

NASA’s Artemis II could be the first time human eyes set sight on the farside of the moon — and there are things human eyes can see that cameras can’t.

This month's The Sky Above features astronomical events happening this month, including a parade of planets and a local ...

NASA, which has waited more than 50 years to launch another human moon mission, will wait at least another month. Here's the ...

Traditionally, spacecraft communications to and from Earth use radio signals, which travel at the speed of light. That means ...

NASA is planning to conduct a critical fueling test known as a wet dress rehearsal that will determine if Artemis 2 is on track to launch in Florida.

The first mission to return humans to the lunar neighborhood since Apollo 17 in 1972 is planning spacecraft testing, ...

A wet dress rehearsal is a designated time before launch when engineers and crew conduct testing of the spacecraft. During ...

More than 50 years after NASA's last human mission to the moon, four astronauts, three Americans and a Canadian, are set for ...