A billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut is poised to take control of NASA, marking a major shift in the agency’s leadership. Known for funding and commanding his own space missions, he represents the growing influence of the private space industry on government programs.

NASA’s planetary science program is still facing a funding shortfall that requires “strategic choices” about which missions to continue.

From Artemis IV onward, the new upper stage will be used instead of the existing interim cryogenic propulsion stage.

NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft will uncover how the Sun stripped Mars of its atmosphere. Mars is a very different world today than it once was. Scientists believe the planet used to have a thicker atmosphere,

NASA astronauts will conduct a pair of spacewalks beginning Wednesday, March 18, outside of the International Space Station.

Visions of the Future poster for the “Grand Tour” of planets, a reference to when NASA’s Voyager mission used the once-every-175-year alignment of our solar system’s outer planets to stage its orbiter spacecraft. (courtesy JPL/NASA) Visions of the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- It's back to the future as NASA astronauts launch again from the U.S. - aboard a retro-style "Right Stuff" capsule. Make no mistake: This is not your father's - or grandfather's - capsule. SpaceX's Dragon crew capsule outshines NASA ...

NASA scientists say they have finally pinned down why asteroid Bennu looks so jagged and chaotic up close. Images and measurements from the OSIRIS-REx mission show that relentless sunlight, swinging temperatures and a fragile rubble-pile interior are together shredding the asteroid’s surface.