March 10 (Reuters) - NASA is eliminating its chief scientist role and closing down an office that studies policy matters on space and technology, in a round of layoffs affecting 23 employees ...

Reporting on missions to the moon and beyond. NASA is aiming to send astronauts back to the moon, because that is what President Trump set as the destination of the agency’s human spaceflight ...

NASA’s two-for-one launch of its newest space telescope, SPHEREx — designed to seek out the key ingredients for life in the Milky Way — alongside a sun-focused mission called PUNCH is facing ...

After nine months in space, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will return to Earth later this month. Their replacements are expected to arrive at the International Space Station ...

The likely next leader of NASA, private astronaut and pilot Jared Isaacman, has kept a low profile since the announcement last year that he was President Donald Trump's choice to lead the space ...

In the corridors of NASA buildings across the United States, Pride flags and pictures celebrating women in science are being taken down. Scientists are adding space-mission stickers to their ...

NOS3 is a suite of tools developed by NASA's Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Facility to aid in areas such as software development, integration & test (I&T), mission ...

Feb. 15 (UPI) --NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has declared a 1.6% chance that a large asteroid would strike the Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. Scientists at NASA and the European Space Agency are ...

NASA is a methodical institution that plans its missions years or even decades in advance, enjoys a famously loyal workforce and carries out its tasks with the kind of precision required to hurl ...

Former NASA Astronaut Danny Olivas talks to NBC News' Gadi Schwartz about the latest SpaceX launch and what could have gone wrong. March 7, 2025 ...

Two NASA astronauts prepare for long-awaited return to Earth after extended mission, reflecting on challenges and experiences. (AP/NASA) Astronauts Wilmore and Williams prepare for SpaceX return after ...