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 ...

A NASA spacecraft made history and is safe after making the closest-ever approach to the sun. On Tuesday, the Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a ...

NASA's first two crewed Artemis moon missions have been pushed back to 2026 and 2027, respectively, and the move could have big ramifications for the agency's Artemis program and competition with ...

As we approach 2025, major players in space exploration including NASA, SpaceX and Blue Origin are gearing up for everything from lunar exploration to Mars missions. Here are the most notable ...

A NASA spacecraft is "safe" after making the closest-ever approach to the sun by a human-made object, the space agency says. The Parker Solar Probe came within 3.8 million miles of the sun's ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is expected to make history by flying into the sun’s outer atmosphere, called the corona, on a mission to help scientists learn more about Earth’s closest star.

temperature as the spacecraft approaches the sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe remains out of contact on Christmas Day after its historic achievement on Dec. 24 when it got closer to the sun than ...

But it is a rare class of star that NASA's Hubble Space Telescope explored by looking deeply into the open star ... Jan. 13, 2025 — Astronomers observed flashes of X-rays coming from a ...

Parker Solar Probe is observing the sun from a closer vantage point than ever before. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has survived. NASA received a beacon tone from the heavily armored spacecraft as ...

An artist's conception of NASA's Parker Solar Probe passing through the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona. Credit: NASA Early on Christmas Eve in 2024, a NASA craft swooped at blazing speed ...

Although the details remain in flux, the transition team reviewing NASA and its activities has begun to draft potential executive orders for changes to space policy under the Trump Administration.

Pic: NASA / John Hopkins / APL The front of the spacecraft is expected to reach 1,400C, and mission scientists won't know whether it has survived until it signals back to Earth that all is well on ...