When the Artemis 2 astronauts launch to the moon next year, they will be accompanied by one of 25 plush toys just named a finalist in a NASA contest. The space agency and Freelancer, a crowdsourcing ...

Poll: Most Americans think ordinary people will travel in space in years ahead. Feb. 8, 2008 — -- Four in 10 Americans are up for a ride in space – but the ticket price will have to come down by ...

During a solar eclipse, astronomers who study heliophysics are able to study the sun's corona—its outer atmosphere—in ways they are unable to do at any other time. The brightest part of the sun is so ...

Astronaut Scott Kelly reflects on his time aboard the International Space Station in this exclusive excerpt from his memoir, Endurance.

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be out of view of Earth, but orbiters on Mars were able to recently get a look at it.

The agency has cheaper and farther-reaching missions in its sights. NASA is asking six companies to help the agency move spacecraft between difficult-to-reach orbits. The agency recently awarded a ...

On June 13, 2013, China's crewed Shenzhou 10 spacecraft made its successful docking with the Tiangong-1 space lab, marking the country's second mission to the mini-space station. This kicked off 12 ...

Firefly Aerospace Inc.'s IPO is one of 2025's hottest, offering pure-play exposure to the booming space sector, despite its high valuation. The company boasts real achievements—Moon landing, ...