Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic Apollo era ended.

Leaders of NASA sit in an awkward position. While they are the head of a widely recognized organization, they’re often not the most famous individual in the agency. More people probably know the names of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, the astronauts ...

Nasa says that it is still not sure what to do with its astronauts stuck on the International Space Station. The pair of pilots flew the Boeing Starliner spacecraft to the ISS on 5 June, for what was supposed to be an eight day mission. But the Starliner ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University (THE CONVERSATION) Leaders of NASA sit in an awkward position. While they are the head of a widely ...

NASA is being pulled in two directions at once in 2025: toward a leaner, commercially driven future and toward some of the deepest budget and workforce cuts in its history. The result is a year of structural change that could lock in a new model for how the United States explores,

As we countdown the final days until the rare solar eclipse, manufacturers have been pumping out hundreds of thousands of eclipse glasses to those still needing a pair of protective eyewear. As procrastinators hit the web to nab some cheap glasses, they ...

A May 8 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a photo of NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility. "I wonder why does NASA, a space agency, have one of the world's largest film set studios among its facilities," reads text over the image. "Maybe cause ...