Missions

Europe's star-mapping Gaia space observatory has entered its retirement orbit, after gathering valuable cosmic data for more than a decade.

The Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and rocket boosters have now been stood up and mated in preparation for NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission.

NASA's Perseverance rover has encountered another rock on Mars that has left scientists puzzled.

NASA's next moon rocket is coming together at the agency's Kennedy Space Center, as the SLS core stage gets its solid rocket boosters.

U.S. Space Force Col. Nick Hague is back on Earth after living on the International Space Station for the last five-plus months.

A cosmic coincidence has led to one of the most amazing images ever captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

NASA websites no longer state that the Artemis 3 mission will aim to land the first person of color and the first woman on the moon, but the agency says this does not reflect a change in crew.

SpaceX plans to make spaceflight history this month, by launching the first crewed mission to explore Earth's polar regions.

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a star and a spiral galaxy, both in the constellation Virgo. But the photo is an optical illusion.

Astronomers have tracked several meteorites that dropped in on Earth back to their origin, space rocks in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.