In the vast silence of space, where every second counts and precision isn't just a luxury—it's survival—astronauts have long ...

The Mad Science presentation was hosted by Iola Reads, which is focused on the book “Hidden Figures” this fall, which chronicles a group of African American women who played key roles in the early ...

NASA previously planned to use SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket system, which is in development, to land on the lunar surface. (Michael Brochstein / ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters; Chesnot / ...

NASA's Artemis campaign is the agency's ambitious campaign to return Americans to the surface of the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. Starship, the approximately 400-foot megarocket that ...

Hands-on is the core theme in all the programs offered by the Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) where learning becomes doing. Annually, over 2,000 students get real-world experience in space ...

JPL is federally funded by NASA and managed by Caltech. What we know: JPL Director Dave Gallagher said the layoffs are not a result of the government shutdown, according to a memo sent to staff.

A special exemption allowed a NASA-funded weather balloon to launch as planned Oct. 1, despite the ongoing government shutdown that began that day. But news about the balloon, and an exoplanet-hunting ...

The largest and oldest crater on the moon did not form as we initially suspected, a new study suggests. The findings hint that a specific region of the lunar surface could be more scientifically ...

A SpaceX Starship launch from Texas created a "jellyfish" effect in the sky visible from Florida. The launch took place Monday evening, with the visual phenomenon appearing about 10 minutes later over ...

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA's federally funded research and development center operated by the California Institute of Technology, announced Monday that it will be laying off ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., said it’s laying off 550 employees Tuesday as “part of a reorganization that began in July and not related to the current government ...