February 12, 2020 NASA astronaut Christina Koch recounts record-breaking 328-day space mission: 'Boredom was not a problem at all' NASA astronaut Christina Koch says that boredom was never a problem during her record-breaking 328-day stint on the International Space Station (ISS).
February 5, 2020 NASA’s Solar Orbiter set for historic mission to the sun NASA’s Solar Orbiter is set to launch on a historic mission to the sun that will provide the first images of the star’s poles.
January 29, 2020 Tarantula Nebula stuns in new view from the Spitzer Space Telescope NASA has released an incredible high-resolution image of the distant Tarantula Nebula captured by the soon-to-be-retired Spitzer Space Telescope.
January 28, 2020 Challenger explosion among the deadliest space disasters Hundreds of people in Florida and millions watching on live television witnessed the space shuttle Challenger break apart in a mid-air explosion 34 years ago Tuesday, killing everyone on board.
January 28, 2020 Proposed House bill urges NASA to delay putting US boots back on the moon until 2028 An authorization bill introduced on Friday by Rep. Kendra Horn, D-Okla., urges NASA to consider a 2028 deadline for putting U.S. astronauts back on the moon in order to boost the space agency’s long-term plans for crewed Mars exploration.
January 27, 2020 'Vampire' star spotted by NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler space telescope Scientists have used data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope to discover a “vampire” star “sucking” the life out of another star.
January 19, 2020 SpaceX launches, purposefully destroys rocket in critical astronaut escape test SpaceX has intentionally destroyed one of its rockets in an unmanned emergency escape test to prove it can keep the capsule’s astronauts safe in a crisis – its last major barrier before launching manned flights into space.
January 6, 2020 In a first, space station astronaut’s blood clot treated by doctors on Earth Scientists have described how, for the first time, a space station astronaut’s blood clot was successfully treated by doctors more than 200 miles away on Earth.
January 6, 2020 NASA loses contact with satellite searching for distant planets 2020 may be a big year for NASA with a number of upcoming projects, but the year is off to a rocky start for the space agency, as it announced it lost contact with the ASTERIA satellite, a small spacecraft that's designed to look for planets outside the Solar System.
December 30, 2019 NASA image reveals 'otherworldly' moonrise over frozen Canada A NASA astronaut snapped a stunning photograph of the full moon rising over frozen Hudson Bay in northern Canada.
