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Located just west of Honolulu, Pearl Harbor is the historic center of events that took place on December 7, 1941.

The size of a microwave oven and weighing just fifty-five pounds, this remarkable craft is the first CubeSat to operate at the Moon.

Sixteen cameras on Orion capture critical mission components as well as dazzling views of Earthrise and new high-resolution images of the Moon.

Climate change could have all kinds of insects dropping like flies.

Instruments on the Solar Orbiter work together to provide an unprecedented view of our star, helping astronomers see much more than meets the eye.

The new Earth System Observatory will create a comprehensive 4D view of Earth from bedrock to atmosphere.

The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test that will provide the foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond.

Launch vehicles have a certain diameter. The size of a spacecraft is limited by this fixed space. But when we go to places like Mars, we’ll need to land larger payloads, so NASA needs a bigger aeroshell.

As NASA leads the way for human exploration, space radiation is one of the biggest hazards crews will face.

Two of NASA’s great observatories captured views of the unique experiment designed to intentionally smash a spacecraft into an asteroid in the hopes of changing the asteroid’s orbit.

The red logo was visible as the rocket soared through Earth’s atmosphere during launch in the early morning hours of November 16, 2022.

Looking to nature for inspiration, some researchers are hoping fungi and asteroids will help solve future astronauts’ agricultural dilemma.

We have liftoff! Artemis 1 is headed for the Moon.

Just in time for Black Hole Friday, NASA telescopes have teamed up to reveal new details about the hot air around Cygnus X-1.

The first Thanksgiving in space was celebrated in 1973, when the Skylab 4 astronauts marked the occasion by eating two meals for dinner.

Celebrating the wonder of space flight, Snoopy, the longest-running giant character balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, will return to the sky again this year decked out in astronaut gear.

Nearly thirty-seven years after the tragic loss, an artifact from the Space Shuttle Challenger has been discovered at the bottom of the sea.

The Enceladus Vent Explorer, or EVE, would dive deep into a steep crevass where water-ice jets burst from the ocean below.

This newly developed hardware could support astronaut health on Artemis missions, or provide spin-off benefits here on Earth, with just a drop of blood.

This technology demonstration will use lasers to search for water ice inside the darkest craters at the Moon’s South Pole.