NASA's Parker Solar Probe is expected to make a fiery dive close to the solar surface on the morning of Christmas Eve.

The space agency is looking to maintain human presence in the microgravity environment as it transitions to commercial stations.

NASA finalized its strategy for sustaining a human presence in space this week, looking ahead toward the planned de-orbiting of the International Space Station in 2030.

NASA shared a slow motion video of the forward bay cover jettison test, which was completed on Nov. 23. The test demonstrated the processes for ejecting the spacecraft's docking module, which is required to properly unfold Orion's parachute system and deploy the five airbags designed to inflate upon splashdown, according to the statement.

"I am not aware of an iceberg that has been trapped in such a persistent manner in such a small area," said an ice specialist.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says he's optimistic the Trump administration will support the space agency's agenda.

Pocked with craters, the surfaces of many celestial bodies in our solar system provide clear evidence of a 4.6-billion-year battering by meteoroids and other space debris. But on some worlds, including the giant asteroid Vesta that NASA's Dawn mission explored,

NASA's two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again. That means they won't be back until spring, 10 months after rocketing into orbit on Boeing's Starliner capsule.

The International Space Station "continues to orbit the Earth as planned, and the crew aboard is safe," NASA said.

Though it isn't expected to launch until 2026 at the earliest, NASA is quietly preparing its SLS rocket for the Artemis II lunar mission.

New analysis techniques and decades-old research helped NASA scientists identify an unusual black hole in a distant galaxy.

To run a scientific expedition that travels billions of miles, it takes more than great engineers — it takes a great manager as well.