Eugene Parker, pioneer of theoretical solar and plasma astrophysics, was born June 10, 1927. Parker revolutionized the field ...

“We’ve spent nearly $20 billion on nuclear (space) power since the 50s and the only system we currently have is a light-bulb sized, 100-watt radioisotope generator,” Bhavya Lal, former NASA Associate ...

Astronauts are known to face multiple health challenges while in space. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) defines these risks by the acronym RIDGE, which represents ...

The 1997 Gonzaga Prep grad and her crew, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takuya Onishi, launched March 14 from ...

He and his team of NASA engineers jumped into action to help three astronauts bound for the moon ... plastic bags and duct tape that saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970 after an explosion crippled ...

No wonder they lived so differently and said 'the heavens above' all the time..." The viral images users claim are from Curiosity (TikTok/NASA) A second agreed: "Everyone on Earth would be a lot more ...

The May 2025 full moon, dubbed the "Flower Moon," is seen above Earth's horizon in a photo taken by NASA astronaut and Expedition ... community@space.com. Robert Pearlman is a space historian ...

Rosemary takes us to see a Saturn V – the rocket that took the Apollo astronauts to the Moon in 1969. More than 50 years on, Nasa is planning an imminent return to the lunar surface with its ...

NASA's Perseverance rover recently captured ... The alien light show, previously assumed to be impossible, could be visible to future astronauts.

Skylab 3 science astronaut Owen Garriott operates the Apollo Telescope Mount from a console in the Skylab space station. Observations of the sun were a primary achievement of the program.

The full moon is an ethereal lantern dancing with Earth in NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers' snapshots from the International Space Station. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech ...