As a resident on board the International Space Station, Anne McClain had quite a view. But, interestingly, something she saw while on a commercial airplane rendered the NASA astronaut speechless. Just ...

Over 80% of NASA's workforce is being told to stay home. More than 15,000 NASA civil servants have been furloughed as the U.S. federal government enters a shutdown.

A Pilatus PC-12 aircraft equipped with a portable laser terminal transmitted 4K video to the International Space Station and back. "Laser communications use infrared light to transmit 10 to 100 times ...

Astrophysicist David McComas is leading a new NASA mission to the point between Earth and the sun, where scientists hope to study the boundary of the heliosphere.

As we look up to mesmerizing views of the Milky Way Galaxy from dark sky areas in the Berkshires and its environs, our appreciation is enhanced by seeing our home galaxy from an astronaut’s ...

The world's — or rather, solar system's — first commercial space station, Vast's Haven-1, has announced IWC as its official timekeeper.

NASA's Carruthers Geocorona Observatory has taken flight, and will soon start a two-year mission to study Earth's mysterious "halo".

In a preview of their flight, the crew of Artemis II, three Americans and a Canadian, struck a tone that veered away from the political currents of the moment.

The first mission of the program, Artemis I, lifted off on November 16, 2022. The uncrewed flight to test the equipment was, overall, a success. From the first thundering moments of liftoff to the ...

The spacecraft will map the boundaries of the heliosphere, study how Earth’s outer atmosphere reacts to solar activity and provide continuous monitoring of space weather ...

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket topped with 27 Project Kuiper craft lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today, at 8:09 a.m. EDT (1209 GMT).