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Beijing, which has poured huge resources into its space programme to catch up with the United States and Russia, is aiming to put humans on the Moon by 2030

The Wolf Moon Is Coming: Everything You Need To Know About 2025's First Full Moon

The first full moon of 2025 is just around the corner and seeing it at its brightest is worth the experience.

NASA Astronauts Stuck in Space for 7 Months Dismiss Fears for Their Safety: 'It Doesn't Feel Like We're Cast Away'

NASA astronauts have spent seven months aboard the International Space Station, far exceeding their planned eight-day mission after safety concerns grounded their return spacecraft. Despite the extended stay, they remain focused on scientific research and maintenance tasks, with plans to return to Earth in April 2025 aboard a SpaceX vehicle.

US Company Firefly Aerospace To Launch For Moon Next Week

This undated handout image courtesy of Firefly Aerospace shows the fully assembled Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar lander vehicle

US company Firefly Aerospace said Tuesday it is aiming to launch a lander to the Moon next week under an experimental NASA program that partners with the commercial sector to reduce costs.

Boeing's Year of Crises in Review: Crashes, Whistleblowers and a Major Loss to SpaceX

In 2024 Boeing lost millions of dollars in its contract with NASA to SpaceX, more than 200 whistleblowers reported it to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and two Boeing 737-800s crashed within a day of each other in Norway and South Korea.

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NASA Radar Reveals Cold War 'City Under The Ice' In Greenland: 'We Didn't Know What It Was'

Camp Century was a U.S. military base that became buried by snow and ice after being abandoned in 1967.

Mysterious 'Unexpected Odor' Emerges From Russian Spacecraft Delivering Supplies To International Space Station

A mysterious "unexpected odor" was reported by Russian astronauts after a spacecraft delivering supplies docked at the International Space Station.

NASA Head Calls For Investigation Into Musk's Secret Conversations With Putin

Bill Nelson said the reported contacts, if confirmed, 'would be concerning, particularly for NASA and the Department of Defense.'

The SpaceX Starship launches on its fourth flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on June 6, 2024

In Milestone, SpaceX 'Catches' Megarocket Booster After Test Flight

SpaceX on Sunday successfully flew the first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket back to the launch pad after a test flight.

Historic Comet Expected to Dazzle Night Sky During October; Closest Approach on the 12th

Experience the brilliance of comet C/2023 A3, visible nightly this October, with its closest approach to Earth on October 12.

Astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will return to Earth on a vessel made by upstart rival SpaceX -- a major embarrassment for the legacy aerospace giant

Boeing Slashing Workforce By 17,000 Amid Strike

Troubled company axing 10 percent of workforce after 33,000 walked off job, halting production of the 737 MAX, 767, and 777 jets

A decade ago NASA chose two companies, Boeing and SpaceX, to each develop a new spacecraft capable of transporting its astronauts to the International Space Station

SpaceX's Falcon 9 Set To Return To Flight Monday After FAA Clearance

The U.S. FAA gave SpaceX's Falcon 9 the green light to return to flight on Monday.

NASA Releases Stunning Photos Of Sahara Desert Turning Green Under Historic Rains

The Sahara Desert was hit by an extratropical cyclone earlier this month, leading some areas to receive more than 200 millimeters of rainfall.

Starliner space capsule back on Earth without U.S. astronauts

Boeing's Troubled Starliner Space Capsule Is Back On Earth — Without Astronauts

Problem-plagued craft's two American astronauts are now stuck in space at least until planned arrival of SpaceX craft next year

SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk, arrives for a US Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023

NASA Awards Elon Musk's SpaceX $843M Contract To Bring ISS Out Of Orbit

SpaceX's new project, named the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle, is designed to deorbit the ISS, ensuring its re-entry into Earth's atmosphere minimizes risks to populated areas.

It will be the fourth test for the sleek mega rocket, which is vital to NASA's plans for landing astronauts on the Moon later this decade, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's hopes of eventually colonizing Mars

SpaceX Mega Rocket Starship's Next Launch On June 5

Starship, the world's most powerful rocket, is set for its next test flight on June 5, SpaceX announced on Friday.

Stars sparkle in one of the first images taken by Euclid -- but ice is clouding the space telescope's vision

NASA Prepares For Once-In-A-Lifetime 'New Star' Phenomenon In Night Sky

The nova will appear as a bright spot between the Boötes and Hercules constellations, visible from the Northern Hemisphere.

Astronaut graduates from the United States and United Arab Emirates during a ceremony at the NASA Johnson Space Center

New NASA Astronauts Graduate, Eying Moon -- And Mars

After two years of rigorous training, ten Americans officially became astronauts on Tuesday, and are now eligible for planned NASA missions to the International Space Station, the Moon, and -- if all goes well -- to Mars.

In this photo courtesy of Intuitive Machines, Odysseus passes over the near side of the Moon

Odysseus Lunar Lander Makes Historic Moon Landing

The Odysseus lunar lander, built by the Houston-based Intuitive Machines, safely landed on the Moon on Thursday, becoming the first private company to reach the lunar surface and the first US-made spacecraft to complete the feat.

Graphic of the Odysseus Nova-C class lander by US company Intuitive Machines, part of NASA's Artemis project to bring humans back to the Moon and build a permanent base there

Commercial US Spaceship Making Attempted Moon Landing

A Houston-based company is set Thursday to land America's first spaceship on the Moon in more than 50 years, part of a new fleet of NASA-funded, uncrewed commercial robots meant to pave the way for astronaut missions later this decade.

NASA's thinking behind CLPS is to delegate the delivery of its lunar science hardware to the private sector, reducing costs to taxpayers as it prepares to return astronauts to the Moon under the flagship Artemis program later this decade

What To Know About The NASA-funded Commercial Moon Fleet

The year 2024 promises to be a busy one for American Moon landings, all under a new partnership between NASA and the space industry.

Readings gathered aboard NASA's specially outfitted DC-8 will help scientists determine how pollutants are spread in the air

World's Biggest Flying Lab Comes To Asia On Air Pollution Mission

NASA has kicked off a series of marathon flights in Asia with the world's biggest flying laboratory, in an ambitious mission to improve the models that help to forecast and fight air pollution.

Astrobotic began reporting technical malfunctions, starting with an inability to orient Peregrine's top-mounted solar panel towards the Sun

Bad Day In Space: Moon Mission Fails And NASA Program Delayed

A private US lunar lander mission is doomed to fail, and NASA pushes back plans to return astronauts to the Moon.

If all goes to plan, the Peregrine Lunar Lander will touch down on a mid-latitude region of the Moon on February 23

New US Lunar Lander Runs Into Technical Problem: Company

The first US lunar lander launched in more than five decades has experienced an anomaly preventing it from pointing its solar panels towards the Sun, the company that built the robot said Monday.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory team members react to high-definition cat video sent from a spaceship 19 million miles away

The Feline Frontier: NASA Sends Cat Video From Deep Space

NASA on Monday announced it had used a state-of-the-art laser communication system on a spaceship 19 million miles (31 million kilometers) away from Earth -- to send a high-definition cat video.

A SpaceX rocket carrying a NASA weather satellite blasts off in February 2015 from Cape Canaveral, Florida

NISAR: India-US Joint Mission Sees New Milestone, To Upgrade Bilateral Space Cooperation

This year, India signed the NASA-led Artemis Accords, which lays down a framework for space cooperation and lunar exploration plans among participating nations. Some experts believe this indicates New Delhi's inclination toward a Western alliance over one led by China-Russia.

The Osiris-Rex mission's capsule is seen shortly after touching down in the desert on September 24, 2023 at the Utah Test and Training Range

Major Asteroid Sample Brought To Earth In NASA First

A seven-year space voyage came to its climactic end Sunday when a NASA capsule landed in the desert in the US state of Utah, carrying to Earth the largest asteroid samples ever collected.

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