The Orion spacecraft will be visible, if challenging, from the U.S. early on the morning of Friday, April 10. Here's how to ...

In 1959, having determined that military test pilots would make the best astronauts, NASA began screening the records of 508 candidates. From there the group was narrowed to 110 men who went through ...

Moonless spring evening skies are great for galaxy hunting. Leo is well known for its trio of bright galaxies (M65, M66, and NGC 3628), but the Lion has many more extragalactic targets to offer as ...

The crew was overcome with emotion as they nominated the name Carroll for a crater "in a bright spot on the Moon." ...

Yesterday, the four-person Artemis 2 crew completed the first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17 in 1972, passing within roughly 4,067 miles of the lunar surface before turning back toward Earth. The ...

The Cygnus NG-24 resupply mission heads to the ISS, while SpaceX and Chinese launch providers round out a busy week.

For a long time, it was thought that this [technique] required telescopes in space,” says John Mather, the Nobel ...

Crew begins a seven-hour lunar observation as NASA returns to the moon’s neighborhood for the first time in decades.

NASA's AROW tool lets you follow the Orion spacecraft's every move — including tonight's historic lunar flyby, the first by humans since 1972.

On average, a planetary nebula should remain visible for some 25,000 years before its shell of gas becomes invisible.

The four crew members are closer to Luna than to our home world, right on course, and viewing parts of the Moon never before seen by humans.