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Jeff Bezos' rocket company has won a NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon, two years after losing out to SpaceX.

A new study suggests water on Mars may be more widespread and recent than previously thought.

Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off the state visit of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol with a tour of a NASA facility as the Biden administration looks to deepen ties with a close ally that it sees as only growing in importance in an increasingly complicated Indo-Pacific.

A Japanese company’s spacecraft apparently crashed while attempting to land on the moon.

An old NASA satellite that studied the sun has plunged back to Earth.

An old NASA satellite is expected to fall to Earth.

Somewhere in a remote stretch of forest near Maine’s border with Canada, rocks from space crashed to Earth and may be scattered across the ground — just waiting to be picked up.

The April Pink Moon is named for the flowers and trees that bloom during spring. While it’s called a “Pink Moon,” the moon will not actually appear to be pink.

NASA has named the four astronauts who will fly around the moon late next year.

Boeing's first launch of astronauts has been delayed again, this time until July.

An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will zip harmlessly between Earth and the moon's orbit this weekend.

Pulaski County Middle School is competing in the Plant the Moon Challenge to help NASA scientists answer questions about growing crops on lunar or Martian soil.

Moonwalking astronauts will have sleeker, more flexible spacesuits that come in different sizes when they step onto the lunar surface later this decade.

In a story published March 14, 2023, about the release of a Webb Space Telescope image, The Associated Press, relying on information from NASA, erroneously reported the location of the pictured star.

Four space station astronauts are back on Earth after a quick SpaceX flight home.

SpaceX has launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA.

With more lunar missions than ever on the horizon, the European Space Agency wants to give the moon its own time zone.

Russia has launched a rescue ship for two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut whose original ride sprang a dangerous leak at the International Space Station.

Astronomers have discovered what apppear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang.

Russian space officials say a coolant leak from an uncrewed Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station has resulted from an external impact and not a manufacturing flaw.

NASA has confirmed that a flash of light and loud boom reported in the skies near McAllen on Feb. 15 was a meteor.

The Russian space corporation and NASA say a coolant leak has occurred on an uncrewed Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station.

SpaceX is a big step closer to sending its giant Starship spacecraft into orbit, completing an engine-firing test at the launch pad.

Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92.

A comet is streaking back our way after 50,000 years.

NASA is marking the 20th anniversary of the space shuttle Columbia tragedy with somber ceremonies during its annual tribute to fallen astronauts.

An asteroid the size of a delivery truck will whip past Earth on Thursday night, one of the closest encounters ever recorded.

The first Native American woman in space has ventured out on her first spacewalk.

The comet is the expected to make its closest pass of Earth sometime between Feb. 1 and 2, possibly even sooner sometime at the end of January.

It was the 46th straight year in which the annual global temperature was above average

Government science teams say that 2022 didn't quite set a record for heat, but it was in the top five or six warmest on record depending on who's doing the measuring.

Russia will send up a new capsule next month to bring back three space station astronauts whose original ride home was damaged.

After almost 40 years circling Earth, a NASA satellite has plunged harmlessly through the atmosphere.

The comet won't be visible to the naked eye, but there are ways you can view it or photograph it

A retired science satellite is about to fall from the sky but NASA says the chance of wreckage falling on anybody is “very low.”.

Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA’s Apollo program, has died.

It could be the end of the red dusty line for NASA's InSight lander on Mars.

Some of you were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the later half of the Geminids Meteor Shower Friday night, Dec. 16.

A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world's surface water has rocketed into orbit.

A Russian space official says a coolant leak from a Russian space capsule attached to the International Space Station could have been caused by a micrometeorite strike.

NASA and Russia’s space agency canceled a spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts just as they were preparing to exit the International Space Station.

A NASA rover on Mars by chance had its microphone on when a whirling tower of red dust passed overhead last year and caught the sound.

NASA’s Orion capsule is back from the moon.

NASA's Orion capsule is on its way home from the moon to wrap up a three-week test flight.

NASA is canceling a planned satellite that was going to intensely monitor greenhouse gases over the Americas because it got too costly and complicated.

NASA's Orion capsule is now circling the moon in an orbit stretching tens of thousands of miles.

NASA's new Webb Space Telescope is finding bright, early galaxies that until now have been hidden from view.

A space capsule is hurtling toward the moon for the first time in 50 years.

NASA has managed to plug a leak while fueling its new moon rocket for a middle-of-the-night launch.

The meteor shower tends to produce a few per hour but can have random outbursts

NASA is making another attempt to launch its new moon rocket on its first test flight.

NASA is counting down to this week's planned liftoff of its new moon rocket after an evaluation of hurricane damage.

NASA says its moon rocket needs only minor repairs after enduring a hurricane and is on track for liftoff next week.

A large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been found buried in sand at the bottom of the Atlantic.

A satellite intended to improve weather forecasting and an experimental inflatable heat shield to protect spacecraft entering atmospheres have been launched into space from California.

A Northrop Grumman capsule has delivered several tons of supplies to the International Space Station despite a jammed solar panel.

NASA is again postponing the launch of its new moon rocket because of a storm threatening the Florida coast.

A newly launched cargo capsule has run into trouble with a solar panel after liftoff.

NASA’s moon rocket is back on the pad for another launch attempt, following more repairs.

Two NASA spacecraft at Mars have recorded the biggest meteor strikes and impact craters yet.

The first Native American woman in space says she's overwhelmed by the beauty and delicacy of Mother Earth.

Four astronauts are back on Earth after spending almost six months at the International Space Station.

The ozone hole over Antarctica got bigger this year, which is unusual.

NASA says a spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away last month succeeded in shifting its orbit.

SpaceX has delivered a fresh crew to the International Space Station for NASA, including the first Russian to launch from the U.S. in 20 years.

A Russian cosmonaut has rocketed from the U.S. for the first time in 20 years, catching a ride with SpaceX.

The asteroid that got smacked by a NASA spacecraft is now being trailed by thousands of miles of debris.

Two space telescopes have captured this week's asteroid strike, the first planetary defense test of its kind.

NASA's Juno spacecraft has made the closest approach to Jupiter's tantalizing, icy moon Europa in more than 20 years.

A 2009 planning exercise dubbed Project Phoenix eerily anticipated the potential damage the Tampa Bay area is facing from Hurricane Ian.

NASA's moon rocket is safely back inside its hangar as Hurricane Ian approaches Florida, its launch now unlikely before mid-November.

A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.

A NASA spacecraft has rammed an asteroid in an unprecedented test to see if a potentially menacing space rock could be knocked off course.

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Hurricane Ian is prompting NASA to move its moon rocket off the launch pad and into shelter.

The gas giant won't be this close again for another 4,352 years

NASA is skipping next week's launch attempt of its new moon rocket because of a tropical storm that's expected to become a major hurricane.

NASA's new moon rocket could face more launch delays, this time by tropical weather.

A NASA spacecraft is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away.

The International Space Station is welcoming three new residents following a smooth Russian launch.

NASA has released new glamour shots of Neptune, and the planet and its rings haven’t looked this good in decades.

NASA's new moon rocket sprouted more fuel leaks in a test ahead of a possible launch attempt next week.

A NASA lander on Mars has captured the vibrations and sounds of four meteoroids striking the planet's surface.

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A tropical storm slammed southwestern Japan with rainfall and winds, leaving one person dead and another missing.

A powerful typhoon has slammed ashore in southern Japan and is pounding the region with strong winds and heavy rain, causing blackouts, paralyzing ground and air transportation and prompting the evacuation of thousands of people.

It’s not just rocket fuel propelling America’s first moonshot after a half-century lull.

NASA is replacing leaky seals in its moon rocket at the pad in hopes of launching it on its first test flight by the end of this month.

NASA has called off a second launch attempt for its new moon rocket because of yet another fuel leak.

A local look into an out-of-this-world event.

NASA is counting down toward a Saturday launch of its new moon rocket, its second attempt in a week.

A decade ago, Florida’s Space Coast was in the doldrums.

NASA will try again Saturday to launch its new moon rocket on a test flight.

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NASA has scrubbed the launch of its new moon rocket on a no-crew test flight after a cascade of last-minute problems, including unexplained trouble related to an engine.

NASA's new moon rocket remains on track for a Monday liftoff, despite a series of lightning strikes at the launch pad.

Boeing's first spaceflight with astronauts has been delayed until next year because of repairs that need to be made to the capsule.

NASA's new moon rocket makes its debut next week in a high-stakes test flight before astronauts get on top.

The world's newest and most powerful space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all.

NASA's new moon rocket has arrived at the launch pad for its first test flight.