KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Apollo astronauts set the world record for distance from the Earth more than 50 years ago, but the Artemis II crew broke the record for distance on Monday afternoon as they are ...
Neptune’s third-largest moon, Nereid, could be an intact survivor from the planet’s original satellite system, upending ...
A newly discovered asteroid estimated to be about as long as the Lincoln Memorial is tall is set to fly between the moon and ...
Asteroid 2026 JH2 will safely pass just 56,000 miles from Earth on May 18, giving astronomers a rare close-up view.
In space, no one can hear you scream, or hear anything else for that matter. But it’s different for robotic explorers.
NASA put two small ships in space nearly 50 years ago, starting in 1977: Voyager 2 on August 20 and Voyager 1 a couple of ...
NASA's twin Voyager probes, launched in 1977, are running critically low on power after nearly five decades in space, ...
A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would halve the time it takes to travel to the planet and back to ...
The International Space Station has been in orbit for more than 25 years. Here's how to regularly spot the outpost from Earth.
The LECP has been operating almost without interruption since the Voyager 1 and 2 probes launched in 1977. Meanwhile, the ...
Voyager 1, the farthest spacecraft from our planet, has powered down another science instrument as it explores uncharted interstellar space — a move that could buy time for an ambitious attempt to ...