NASA announced plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon on Tuesday, in an attempt to stay ahead of China and Russia in a ...

On Aug. 7, 1980, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft ended its epic and historic mission on the Red Planet. Viking 1 was the first ...

"We have now achieved all the technical requirements for controlling complex robotic missions on Mars — and for a future ...

Searching for life on Mars has been an explicit goal of the astrobiological community for decades. However, they have not ...

The Trump administration has proposed new drone regulations that will eliminate case-by-case approval processes for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS)  operations, while Acting NASA Administrator ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has snapped black and white images of a rock on the Martian surface that looks remarkably like a piece ...

The image is a mosaic of 96 images taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover on May 26, 2025, that were carefully pieced together to create this 360° panoramic image.

Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical ...

Among the Florida plants sent were rare native orchid seeds, such as the night-scented orchid, which grows only in hammocks and swamps, and the Jingle Bell orchid, closely related to the ghost orchid.

NASA has selected six companies to produce studies focused on lower-cost ways to deliver spacecraft to multiple, difficult-to-reach orbits.

The plan appears to be Duffy’s first major directive since being selected by Trump to lead NASA on an interim basis in early ...

July 31, 2025 Officials-in-Charge of Headquarters Offices Directors, NASA Centers FROM: Acting Administrator NASA SUBJECT: ...