NASA's initial takeaways from the Artemis II mission, and more science stories

Now that Artemis II is all wrapped up, NASA has begun its post-game performance analyses of all the systems that worked ...
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NASA’s Artemis II heat shield seen underwater for the first time in eerie photo taken by U.S. Navy divers

NASA’s Artemis II mission reveals a rare underwater view of the Orion capsule’s heat shield after splashdown, offering ...

Mars did have complex carbon. A NASA rover found its hiding place.

NASA's Curiosity rover took this selfie at a site on Mars where it drilled a sample to search for organic molecules in ...

NASA made a typeface using satellite images of the Earth

In honor of Earth Day, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center shared an interactive digital tool turns satellite images of the planet’s ...

NASA unveils Roman telescope to map universe, find 10,000s of exoplanets

NASA unveiled a new telescope on Tuesday to scan vast swaths of the universe for planets outside our solar system and probe ...

Artemis II mission is giving NASA clues about how to design a moon base

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told NBC's Lester Holt that lessons from the Artemis II moon mission are informing plans to ...
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NASA Artemis II vs I Splashdown: Everything that changed in 4 years

Discover the key differences between the first and second Artemis splashdowns. Explore how four years of incredible ...

NASA’s awe-inducing iPhone moon video is a free ad for Apple, but there’s a catch

“Dude,” exhales an overcome astronaut on the recording’s audio. “No way.” ...

NASA aims September launch for Roman space telescope and it’s going to be a huge shift

NASA is aiming for an early September 2026 launch of the Roman Space Telescope, a powerful new observatory that could transform astronomy with massive infrared sky surveys, huge data returns, and ...
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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will begin its revolutionary mission in September

Ahead of schedule and under budget, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will launch in early September. The mission aims to ...

Students to launch high-powered rockets at NASA event

Student rocket teams from across the country will gather near Huntsville this weekend to take part in NASA's 2026 Student ...

‘They are going to be rejected again’: NASA chief faces grilling on Trump’s budget proposal

Congressmembers pushed back on Trump’s proposal to slash NASA’s science budget as Democrats alleged some damage has already ...