While privately funded programs to develop space vehicles and execute extraterrestrial missions have been in play for years, ...

On Christmas Eve, an autonomous spacecraft flew past the Sun, closer than any human-made object before it. Swooping through ...

From record launch rates, to new astronaut missions and science - 2025 promises to be a year like no other in space ...

The Silverton native is on a six-month mission on the International Space Station and is the second-oldest NASA astronaut.

Peggy Whitson, an Iowa native and veteran astronaut, will command Axiom Space’s Ax-4 mission, set to launch no earlier than ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has started 2025 as he means to go on, with yet another stunning photograph from the space station.

The astronauts aboard the International Space Station will celebrate New Year’s a total of 16 times as the vessel hurdles ...

Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016 ...

Iowa native and prolific astronaut -- first with NASA for three decades and recently as director of human space flight for ...

The year 2025 promises to be packed with space exploration, including robotic expeditions to the moon, a new observatory and ...

Some leading scientists who spoke to the BBC believe the role of humans in space exploration will diminish over time. The ...