NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Optical Telescope Element Pathfinder and Parker Solar Probe models are now on permanent display at the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center, providing insight into testing ...

Two laws on opposite sides of the Atlantic have given private companies legal cover to extract resources from asteroids, but peer-reviewed economic models and NASA’s own research suggest the path from ...

NASA on February 19, 2026, formally classified Boeing’s 2024 Crewed Flight Test of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft as a Type ...

How a new startup plans to power satellites with lasers. A new class of ultrafast AI chips also uses lasers. And startup Axiomatic AI is building better AI models for science and engineering.

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum welcomes two new acquisitions to the collection—the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) Pathfinder and Parker Solar Probe model. The Pathfinder is a ...

Discover how commercial space stations will replace the ISS, fuel the post ISS space industry, and unlock new opportunities for research, tourism, and in-orbit manufacturing.

Scientists discover binary asteroids near Earth can trade rocks and dust through slow collisions, revealing clues about asteroid evolution.

Northrop Grumman's 'Cygnus XL' cargo spacecraft undocked from the ISS and will make a fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere.

Integration and testing — the activities involved in assembling the Dragonfly rotorcraft lander and testing it for the rigors ...

New images from NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission show space rocks exchanging material in a slow process that reshapes their surfaces over millions of years.

Explore how Mars rover AutoNav and TRN lunar landing technologies advance autonomous spacecraft navigation, enabling self-guided, human-free space missions across Mars, the Moon, and beyond.