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After delivering more than 11,000 pounds of supplies, science experiments, and other cargo to the International Space Station for NASA,…

NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 8:05 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, Oct. 7, for the undocking of the agency’s…

A bright lens of anorthosite, a rock type prevalent on the lunar surface, is cradled within sheared rocks in the…

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is ending, with the crew scheduled to return in early October. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and…

Four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission launched at 11:10 a.m. EDT Thursday from Space Launch Complex 40 at…

In accordance with a contract on-ramp clause, NASA has added Blue Origin’s New Glenn 9×4 launch service to the NASA…

Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on Oct. 1, 2026, to update the start time of the postlaunch news conference.…

On Monday, NASA and Boeing provided an update on the company’s Starliner spacecraft, including adding additional crew missions and certifying…

Four crew members are set to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission to…

During a news conference at 3 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 28, NASA and Boeing leadership will discuss Starliner’s development…

Four crew members from three space agencies will launch to the International Space Station no earlier than spring 2027 for…

During NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑13 mission aboard the International Space Station, astronauts will support a series of biomedical and human performance…

NASA’s Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer formed a working group in August 2026 to review the most…

Editor’s Note: This feature was updated Sept. 22, 2026, to note the time change for the in-flight call with students. …

To continue regular crew transportation to the International Space Station, NASA has awarded SpaceX three additional missions through a contract…

NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s StarBurst mission, a small satellite designed to investigate neutron…

Media accreditation is open for the next cargo launch that will deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the…

NASA celebrated the full restoration of its Guam Remote Station with a ribbon-cutting on Sept. 10, closing out more than…

Planning crewed missions to the Moon and Mars involves preparing for the medical realities of long-duration space travel. Factors like…

Media are invited to hear from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts during a news conference beginning at 2:45 p.m. EDT, Wednesday,…

Mexico’s second-largest metropolitan area borders on folded rock layers of the Sierra Madre Oriental.

A NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract has been awarded by the agency to Relativity Space Inc., and its Terran…

Jaden Caradine knew he wanted to be an engineer at eight years old. He just took a winding road to…

Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated on Sept. 16, 2026, to share mission coverage times. Editor’s Note: NASA will provide…

NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract Tuesday to develop the agency’s Mars Telecommunications Network, a next-generation communications system that will…

NASA will provide coverage as two astronauts step outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to replace a…

NASA’s Deep Space Network facility in California is marking the addition of a brand new 34-meter-wide (114-foot-wide) radio frequency antenna…

Lee esta historia en español aquí. Some of Earth’s microbes likely to hitch a ride to space with human explorers…

Between Aug. 11 and 12, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured a series of images of a new crater on…

NASA has selected four companies to provide payload processing facilities under the Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract on‑ramp provision. The provision…


