Challenger explosion anniversary: 38th Anniversary of NASA's Space Shuttle tragedy, claiming 7 lives

On this day in history, Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger — scheduled for a routine launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida — exploded after just 73 seconds in flight, killing all seven Americans on board.

New NASA image shows the most colorful view of the universe yet

The image of MACS0416 was produced using observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA targets April for Boeing Starliner's first astronaut launch

NASA officials said they are targeting an April launch for Starliner, to "better accommodate upcoming crew rotations and cargo resupply missions this spring."

Prada to design spacesuits for NASA's Artemis III lunar mission

Axiom Space revealed prototypes of the AxEMU spacesuits earlier this year. Now, Prada engineers will join the team working throughout the design process on the Artemis III spacesuits.

NASA's UFO report will be released Thursday, agency says

NASA's report on UAPs — short for unexplained anomalous phenomena — has been in the works for more than a year.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio breaks US record for longest spaceflight

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio now holds the record for the longest U.S. spaceflight. Rubio surpassed the U.S. record of 355 days on Monday at the International Space Station.

NASA releases first images from pollution-monitoring satellite in space

NASA has shared this week the first images from TEMPO, the agency’s first space-based instrument designed to continuously measure air quality over North America, and do so with the resolution of a few square miles.

Teachers can apply to NASA for Artemis 'moon tree' seeds

Last year, nearly 2000 tree seeds traveled to the moon and back to Earth aboard the Artemis I, Orion space capsule.

NASA launching free streaming service this year

The new service is part of several upgrades for the space agency's digital platforms.

NASA loses, regains contact with Voyager 2 probe after sending wrong command

Flight controllers accidentally sent a wrong command nearly two weeks ago that tilted the spacecraft’s antenna away from Earth and severed contact.

Euclid mission to study dark universe takes 1st test images, NASA reveals

“After more than 11 years of designing and developing Euclid, it’s exhilarating and enormously emotional to see these first images," said Euclid Project Manager Giuseppe Racca of the European Space Agency.

New NASA telescope expected to uncover hundreds of Earth-sized rogue planets

The findings stem from a nine-year survey known as the Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics, and according to researchers, they have already identified at least one planet that is roughly the size of Earth.

These updated astrovans will carry Artemis crews to the launch pad

The arrival of the new vehicles furthers NASA's goal of returning astronauts to the moon under the Artemis program paving the way for more missions to space.