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Countdown to a lunar comeback: NASA readies astronauts for Moon journey

Christina Koch is expected to become the first woman to fly around the moon.

General view of the moon on March 30, 2026
The sun is captured over Earth's horizon by a crew member aboard the International Space Station in this May 21, 2013 photo courtesy of NASA.

NASA set for first crewed moon return in over half a century

Spacecraft transfer with rocket to the Moon to the launch pad.

NASA charts course to a permanent lunar outpost and a nuclear‑propelled Mars vehicle

The countdown clock for the launch of NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is seen near the massive Vehicle Assembly building at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on February 20, 2026.

NASA shakes up moon program with Artemis test mission before astronaut lunar landing


Trump picks Jewish space adventurer Jared Isaacman to head NASA

Isaacman, a high school dropout and billionaire, is Jewish but has not made that piece of his identity a major part of his public persona.

Commander Jared Isaacman of Polaris Dawn, a private human spaceflight mission, speaks at a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 19, 2024. Launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for August 26

Asteroid the size of 2.5 chinchillas impacts over Russia, no damages reported - NASA, ESA

The asteroid is the 11th to have been detected by scientists before impacting Earth. However, due to its small size, it did not cause any damage.

 An asteroid is seen heading towards the planet in this artistic rendition.

Scientists create largest-ever simulation of the universe

Previously, simulating the universe at this scale was not possible due to the immense timescales involved and limitations in computational power.

 What do you see in this image? Bright Star Nebula.

Dragonfly will use a nuclear-powered rotorcraft to explore Titan's potential to host life

NASA has announced that it has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the Dragonfly mission.

 Dragon 2 hover test.

NASA's startling discovery: an abandoned city buried deep beneath the ice

The discovery occurred while the NASA team was testing the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) system aboard a Gulfstream III aircraft.

 Climb at Katla Ice Cave.

How the 'Black Beauty' of Sahara helped scientists determine hot water existed on the Red Planet

The presence of hot liquid water during early magmatic activity on Mars supports the idea that suitable conditions for the emergence of life existed on the Red Planet.

 Mars landscape.

DESI confirms Einstein's relativity on cosmic scales with unprecedented precision.

“We also needed to test that our assumption works on much larger scales," said cosmologist Pauline Zarrouk.

 Sparring antennae galaxies.

NASA to integrate Israeli Odysight.ai cameras into aerospace vehicles

Odysight's AI-driven Predictive Maintenance (PdM) and Condition-Based Monitoring (CBM) systems will be integrated into several aeronautical flight trials in the coming months.

 NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida (Illustrative).

U.S. Congress to hold hearing on UFOs featuring testimonies from former military officials

House Republicans, led by Representatives Nancy Mace and Glenn Grothman, are spearheading the initiative to bring systemic transparency to the issue of UAPs.

 Congresswoman Nancy Mace visits McEntire Joint National Guard Base by S.C. Air National Guard.

Rare space event made us think all the wrong things about this solar system planet

If Voyager 2 had arrived a week earlier, it would have observed a completely different magnetospheric environment".

 View from the International Space Station.