Video shows NASA's futuristic solar sail technology prototype. Like a sail on the ocean propels a boat with the wind, this ...

Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company offering satellites, satellite components, and in-space ...

Matt Anderson testifies at a March 5 Senate Commerce Committee confirmation hearing for his nomination to be NASA deputy administrator. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls WASHINGTON — The White House’s nominee ...

If you were up early Tuesday morning, you may have spotted a so-called “blood moon” as Western Washington and much of the country saw a total lunar eclipse. A lunar eclipse comes when the sun, Earth ...

On March 7, 1962, NASA launched the first Orbiting Solar Observatory. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Eight of these satellites were launched between 1962 and 1975 to study the ...

Hidden in the footnotes of history books, these lesser-known leaders of Greek origin held great power over numerous countries ...

A 1,300-pound NASA probe re-entered Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday, nearly 14 years after it was launched. The U.S. Space Force confirmed the Van Allen Probe A, which was launched in August 2012, ...

NASA is hiring new talent to rebuild its “core competencies” and meet the agency’s aggressive moon deadlines. This push could reinvigorate the workforce and help NASA launch its moon rocket about ...

A 1,300-pound NASA satellite is hurtling back toward Earth, but don't worry, it's expected to fall in open waters. Van Allen Probe A, a satellite used to survey Earth's permanent radiation belts, is ...

The probe was one of two launched in 2012 from Florida to study Earth's hazardous Van Allen radiation belts. NASA states that while some components may survive re-entry, the risk of harm to anyone on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, are seen as they make the 4.2 ...

A NASA satellite that spent more than a decade coursing through the Van Allen radiation belts encircling Earth is about to fall back into the atmosphere. Most of the spacecraft will burn up during ...