Artemis 2 could launch as early as this coming weekend. If it does, the 10-day mission will have to compete with the Olympics and Super Bowl for media attention.

NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations on Dec. 6. NASA said this week that it was working fine ...

Nearly 4,000 NASA employees have opted to leave the space agency through the Trump administration's deferred resignation program, NASA said on Saturday. The cuts amount to an estimated 20% of NASA's workforce, and will reduce the agency from 18,000 to ...

NASA has thrown a lifeline to scientists working on a mission to visit an asteroid that will make an unusually close flyby of the Earth in 2029, reversing the Trump administration’s previous plan to shut it down. This mission, named OSIRIS-APEX, was one ...

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Proposed NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, who has already piloted dual orbital missions aboard SpaceX Dragon capsules, predicts millions of spacefarers will lift off as independent spaceflight skyrockets AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck (Photo by Robyn BECK / AFP ...

The likely next NASA administrator has little interest in closing down centers, eliminating programs or slashing staff, President Trump’s pick to lead the space agency told lawmakers in a confirmation hearing Wednesday. Jared Isaacman, who Trump ...

NASA's Artemis II wet dress rehearsal faced setbacks today with two interruptions from a liquid hydrogen leak exceeding limits on the SLS rocket's core stage. LOX loading proceeded normally during the key pre-launch test simulating countdown operations.