NASA’s veteran Mars orbiter MAVEN has fallen ominously silent, cutting off a decade-long stream of atmospheric data that reshaped how scientists think about the red planet’s past. After weeks without ...

The United States is preparing to send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than half a century, riding a ...

The first Starlink satellites to join SpaceX's megaconstellation in 2026 were launched today (Jan. 4) on a brand new Falcon 9 ...

NASA Earth Science Communications announced closure of The Earth Observer in December 2025. It preserves archives that document nearly 37 years of EOS missions and satellite data.

NASA’s Earth Observing System provides nearly 30 years of continuous, high-quality measurements of Earth’s land, oceans, atmosphere, and ice, supporting climate research and long-term environmental ...

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From crewed lunar voyages to flight tests of fully reusable rockets and launches of new orbital telescopes studying the outer ...

A screenshot shows how Hydrology Copilot can turn a simple query into an interactive, color-coded map. (Microsoft Infographic) Microsoft and NASA say they’re applying artificial intelligence to a ...

An innovative set of four small spacecraft were launched early Thursday aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia. The mission is designed to evaluate both the performance of ...

NASA launched four flying saucer-shaped spacecraft into orbit on Thursday. The space agency says the UFO lookalikes are new tech that might "expand access to space." Called DiskSat, the plate-shaped ...

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Space Force and NASA experiment lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Island, Virginia Dec. 18 at 12:03 a.m. Eastern to test a new small-satellite architecture ...

On Dec. 16, 1962, NASA launched the Explorer 16 spacecraft to study micrometeoroids near Earth. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The mission would determine how likely it would be ...