The space agency aims to send four astronauts around the moon early next year—and bring them safely home through intense heat ...

A conception of NASA's Europa Clipper approaching the ice-covered world, Europa. A NASA probe, the length of a basketball court, is headed to the tantalizing world Europa. "It's perhaps one of the ...

A NASA spacecraft launched seven years ago is set to touch down in the Utah desert on Sunday carrying the largest-ever sample from an asteroid. Osiris-REx collected rocks and debris from the surface ...

There are only two human spacecraft in interstellar space. And their fuel is dwindling. "The Voyagers have been deep space rock stars since launch, and we want to keep it that way as long as possible, ...

NASA will have a spacecraft from Elon Musk's SpaceX guide the International Space Station's destruction later this decade, the agency announced Wednesday. The National Aeronautics and Space ...

The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth. The four volunteer crew members spent more than 12 months inside NASA's first simulated Mars ...

One of NASA’s latest probes is carrying on the grand tradition of blasting humanity’s message out to the cosmos — and this one’s searching for life outside of our pale blue dot. As Gizmodo reports, ...

Behold the volcano-blanketed moon, Io. After swooping by Jupiter's tortured moon on Feb. 3, NASA's Juno spacecraft beamed back some of the closest-ever images of this unique world. The agency's deep ...

NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, spacecraft is less than two weeks away from wrapping up a 10-month journey to Mars’ orbit, from where it will study the planet’s atmosphere and ...

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 2 -- About 242 million miles away, on the far side of the sun, NASA's armored Stardust spacecraft survived an unprecedented flight Friday through the gas and dust plumage of a ...

NASA will have a spacecraft from Elon Musk's SpaceX guide the International Space Station's destruction after its retirement in 2030. The agency awarded an $843 million contract to SpaceX to build the ...