Scheduled to launch in early 2026, NASA's Artemis 2 is part of the bold 21st-century vision for returning astronauts to the ...

In 2019, then-President Donald Trump did something that hadn't happened in over seven decades: he formed a new branch of the United States military. The U.S. Space Force launched, taking much of its ...

"Every flight is almost a test flight … you're going out into the unknown." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. New NASA astronaut ...

An engineer from Germany has become the world's first wheelchair user to go into space. Michaela Benthaus, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a mountain bike accident seven years ago, had reached ...

It was probably always when, not if, Google would add its name to the list of companies intrigued by the potential of orbiting data centers. Google announced Tuesday a new initiative, named Project ...

Katya Echazarreta in Westwood, Calif., on Oct. 30, 2023. For decades, the space age has left Mexico mostly behind. It was not until 1985, more than a generation after human beings began traveling in ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cristina Costantini, director of the new documentary, Sally, about the life of astronaut Sally Ride.