Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly a year, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good health and is ready to begin transmitting science data gathered in the distant Kuiper Belt far beyond Pluto. […]
On this day in 1975, NASA astronauts Deke Slayton, Tom Stafford, and Vance Brand were deep into final preparations for the historic Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). […]
With less than two months until the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are preparing the observatory for its trip to space. […]
The NASA Artemis II crew made a special homecoming this week, returning to Kennedy Space Center for their first official visit since their historic journey around the Moon and back. […]
Preparations for NASA’s Artemis III mission continue to gain momentum at Kennedy Space Center as another major piece of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket has arrived at the Vehicle Assembly Building. […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. […]
Wally Funk, a pioneering aviator, member of the Mercury 13, and the oldest woman ever to travel into space, has died, according to NASA. […]
In July 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis launched into space for the last time on the STS-135 mission. STS-135 was the 33rd flight of Atlantis, as well as the 135th and final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program, focused on delivering critical supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. […]
A predawn Moon-and-planets meetup, a returning comet, a great chance to see the Milky Way, and Saturn’s rings at a new angle. […]
To commemorate the 15th anniversary of STS-135, the final mission of Space Shuttle Atlantis and the conclusion of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program, the crew of this historic flight will reunite on July 11, 2026, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, beneath the orbiter itself. […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. […]
NASA is recruiting research participants for the agency’s next simulated deep space mission. […]
