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Former NASA astronauts Bob Behnken (left) and Doug Hurley are seen after being awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor by Vice President Kamala Harris during a ceremony in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023 in Washington, DC.

SpaceX crewmates Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken awarded Space Medal of Honor

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Former NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have been presented with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. honor reserved for spaceflight veterans.

An artist's depiction of the James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb Space Telescope recovers from 2nd instrument glitch

By Elizabeth Howell published

After one of its instruments was briefly knocked offline, the James Webb Space Telescope returned to full science operations on Monday (Jan. 30).

ingenuity helicopter's shadow on the surface of mars in a black and white photo

Mars helicopter Ingenuity soars over Perseverance rover tracks on 41st flight

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter flew for the 41st time on Mars Jan. 27, going out and back again with 600 feet (183 meters) of flight distance over 109 seconds.

An enormous cluster of thousands of galaxies is emerging from a galactic collision in the distant universe.

Pictures from space! Our image of the day

By Space.com Staff published

Three enormous galaxy clusters are caught in the middle of a collision in this image consisting of observations made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton.

moon with spacecraft in foreground

NASA Artemis 2 moon-bound astronaut rumors name American, Canadian candidates: report

By Elizabeth Howell published

While two names are cited repeatedly as top candidates for Artemis 2, a four-person moon mission, no official confirmation will come until at least late spring.

sally ride floating in the space shuttle cockpit beside controls and windows

NASA astronaut Sally Ride statue to be unveiled in Los Angeles on July 4

By Elizabeth Howell published

The first U.S. woman in space will be honored with a monument outside the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum. The same team made another Ride statue in 2022.

engine firing flame with cooling water streaming nearby

Watch NASA test potentially revolutionary 3D-printed rocket engine (video)

By Elizabeth Howell published

This futuristic engine could save lots of propellant on interplanetary journeys, perhaps allowing NASA to explore the solar system more efficiently.

An illustration of NASA's Geotail spacecraft that has ended its mission after 31 years in space.

NASA's Geotail spacecraft ends 30-year mission studying Earth's magnetosphere

By Robert Lea published

After 31 years in orbit, NASA's magnetosphere-studying mission Geotail has come to end after the spacecraft's final data recorder failed.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in its deployed form as seen in an artist's illustration.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission: Live updates

By Elizabeth Howell published

Read the latest news about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

A team prepares NASA's Psyche spacecraft for launch inside the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on Dec. 8, 2022. Psyche will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from KSC's Launch Complex 39A in October 2023.

NASA to launch Psyche asteroid probe in October 2023 after delays

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA's Psyche asteroid mission is targeting an October 2023 launch, after a one-year delay due to software issues.

NASA officials, elected officials and members of The Astronauts Memorial Foundation led a ceremony at the Space Mirror Memorial for NASA's Day of Remembrance at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.

NASA 'Day of Remembrance' marks 20 years since space shuttle Columbia tragedy

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Twenty years ago, seven astronauts were returning home when they were lost on space shuttle Columbia. Like 19 others, the STS-107 crew made the ultimate sacrifice in the pursuit of space exploration.

The Starliner team works to finalize the mate of the crew module and new service module for NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test that will take NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams to and from the International Space Station.

Boeing's Starliner crew capsule channels R2-D2 ahead of astronaut test flight

By Brett Tingley published

NASA released images of the Boeing Starliner crew capsule resembling R2-D2 while being mated to a new service module ahead of a crewed flight test to the International Space Station.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft docked at the International Space Station with black space behind.

SpaceX Crew Dragon may get a shield upgrade after Soyuz spacecraft leak

By Elizabeth Howell published

A micrometeoroid strike on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in December 2022 has spurred NASA to talk to SpaceX about possibly increasing the shielding on its Crew Dragon capsule.

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches three satellites at night for the company HawkEye 360 on Jan. 24, 2023 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Rocket Lab launches 1st Electron booster from US soil in twilight liftoff

By Tariq Malik published

The small satellite launch company Rocket Lab aced its debut liftoff from American soil on Tuesday (Jan. 24).

plume of smoke and debris from an in-flight vehicle explosion

NASA's fatal Challenger launch still echoes through the agency today

By Elizabeth Howell published

While on leave in January 1986, NASA administrator James Beggs turned on the television and spotted icicles on Challenger's launch tower. A day later, seven astronauts lost their lives.

Artist concept of Demonstration for Rocket to Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) spacecraft, which will demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine. Nuclear thermal propulsion technology could be used for future NASA crewed missions to Mars.

NASA and DARPA will build a nuclear rocket by 2027

By Brett Tingley published

NASA and DARPA announced a collaboration to demonstrate a working nuclear thermal rocket by 2027 with the goal of sending humans to Mars as quickly as possible.

For 44 years, a NASA Apollo-era Saturn IB rocket has stood at the Ardmore rest area alongside I-65, welcoming visitors to the state of Alabama. Now, the space agency has decided that the degraded display is no longer safe to keep standing and should be replaced.

Saturn IB rocket no longer safe to keep standing at Alabama rest stop

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A roadside rocket display that has stood as a welcome sign for drivers entering the state of Alabama is no longer safe to be left standing, according to NASA and the museum charged with its care.

Rocket Lab's first Electron booster to fly from its Launch Complex 2 pad at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia stands atop its pad in December 2022.

Rocket Lab to launch 1st Electron booster from US tonight. Here's how to watch live.

By Mike Wall last updated

Bad weather has pushed Rocket Lab's first-ever launch from U.S. soil back a day, to Tuesday (Jan. 24).

Six months after leaving the White House, Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to attend a launch, the liftoff of the Apollo 11 mission on July 16, 1969.

A look back at Lyndon B. Johnson's space legacy, 50 years after his death

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

"There's no question that LBJ's legacy relating to space is under appreciated and undervalued as we look at the history of space exploration."

The Russian-built Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft is seen in the foreground docked to the Rassvet module of the International Space Station in this image taken in October. 2022. Russia's Nauka laboratory module of the station is seen in the background, with its European Robotic Arm folded up.

NASA astronaut and 2 cosmonauts may stay on space station for a full year after Soyuz leak

By Mike Wall published

Frank Rubio and two cosmonaut colleagues may not come home from the International Space Station until late September — six months later than initially planned.