Historian Valerie Neal reveals how women astronauts transformed NASA and redefined what it means to explore space.

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, has been on an extraordinary journey for 47 years, marking it as the longest-serving mission in history. Recently, the spacecraft overcame a significant hurdle when engineers restored coherent signals in April 2024 after months of transmitting gibberish data.

HOUSTON — NASA's ambitious mission to return astronauts to the moon for the first time this century is on track to launch no later than April 2026, but it just might fly sooner if all goes well. "We together have a front-row seat to history: We're ...

Eileen Collins made history as the first woman to pilot and command a Nasa spacecraft - but despite her remarkable achievements, not everyone will know her name. Now a feature-length documentary called Spacewoman, which chronicles her trailblazing career, looks set to change that.

Larry Bell (left) and Chet Vaughan worked for many years for NASA from the moon landings to the International Space Station. When former astronauts from the Apollo era pass away, it tends to make the news — like it did last month when we learned of the ...

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 separation of its second stage from the Orion capsule in Earth orbit, SLS met or exceeded all NASA expectations.

The White House in August quietly rebranded NASA as an intelligence and national security organization, a striking action that ties the space exploration agency closer to the defense world.

"To call this mission fully successful, we need to go fly by the moon, bring the crew home safely and welcome them back with open arms."