National Aeronautics and Space Administration news and stories

October 16, 2018

NASA astronaut describes close call following failed launch

The NASA astronaut who survived last week's failed launch and emergency landing knew he needed to stay calm. Air Force Col.

October 16, 2018

Astronaut 'needed to stay calm' as launch failed

The NASA astronaut who survived last week's failed launch and emergency landing says he knew he needed to stay calm.

October 15, 2018

NASA X-ray Space Telescope back online after brief shutdown

One of NASA's space telescopes is back in business after a two-day shutdown. NASA said Monday that the Chandra X-ray ...

October 12, 2018

Another NASA space telescope shuts down in orbit

Another NASA space telescope has shut down and halted science observations. Less than a week after the Hubble Space Telescope ...

October 11, 2018

US, Russian astronauts land safely after rocket failure

The problem came two minutes into the flight: The rocket carrying an American and a Russian to the International Space ...

October 11, 2018

NASA film by Rory Kennedy revisits her uncle's challenge

Filmmaker Rory Kennedy couldn't resist the obvious place to open her new documentary on NASA. That's a news clip of her ...

October 11, 2018

The Latest: NASA exploring flying space station without crew

The Latest on the failed space launch carrying two astronauts (all times local): 11:00 p.m. NASA says it's dusting off its ...

October 10, 2018

Review: Chazelle's 'First Man' is at once intimate and grand

Nearly a half-century has passed since the majestic moment when Neil Armstrong stepped carefully onto the lunar landscape, ...

October 10, 2018

Betty Grissom, widow of astronaut Virgil 'Gus' Grissom, dies

Betty Lavonne Grissom, who successfully sued a NASA contractor after her husband, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, and two other ...

September 24, 2018

Oklahoma astronaut corn maze photographed from space

It's apt that a maze cut into an Oklahoma cornfield featuring the likeness of a former NASA astronaut can be seen from space ...

September 21, 2018

Ivanka Trump tours NASA center in Houston, calls space crew

Ivanka Trump made a telephone call to the International Space Station and spoke to the crew while touring NASA's Johnson ...

September 19, 2018

1st private moon flight passenger to invite creative guests

After announcing that he'll take the first-ever commercial rocket trip around the moon, Yusaku Maezawa said he wants company ...

September 17, 2018

Past NASA chiefs gather for space agency's 60th anniversary

NASA chiefs going back 30 years have come together to mark the space agency's 60th anniversary. Five former NASA ...

September 15, 2018

NASA satellite launched to measure Earth's ice changes

A NASA satellite designed to precisely measure changes in Earth's ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice and vegetation was launched ...

September 12, 2018

Moon rock hunter closes in on tracking down missing stones

A strange thing happened after Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 crew returned from the moon with lunar rocks: Many of the ...

August 29, 2018

Pluto explorer spots next destination billion miles beyond

A NASA spacecraft that explored Pluto has spotted its next target on the outskirts of our solar system. NASA this week ...

August 12, 2018

'Touch the sun': NASA spacecraft hurtles toward our star

Embarking on a mission that scientists have been dreaming of since the Sputnik era, a NASA spacecraft hurtled Sunday toward ...

August 11, 2018

Last-minute technical problem delays NASA's flight to sun

A last-minute technical problem Saturday delayed NASA's unprecedented flight to the sun. The early morning launch countdown ...

August 10, 2018

NASA sending spacecraft straight into sun's glittering crown

NASA is sending a spacecraft straight into the sun's glittering crown, an atmospheric region so hot and harsh any normal ...