NASA

NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the U.S. government's leading space agency. It was founded in 1958, and since then, it has relentlessly explored space and aeronautics by conducting research and launching crewed/uncrewed missions.

MS-28 astronauts prepare for departure from ISS this weekend after 8-month-long stay

NASA astronaut Chris Williams is scheduled to return this weekend with Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, concluding the MS-28 mission, which began last November.
Published: 1 day ago  |  By Harsh Vardhan

International Moon Day: Neil Armstrong to Harrison Schmitt, 12 astronauts who walked on the Moon

The 12 NASA astronauts part of the Apollo program remain the only humans to reach the lunar surface.
Published: 1 day ago  |  By Pranjal Nath

China plans to surpass NASA’s DART mission by smacking an asteroid at 26 times the speed of sound

China is planning an asteroid redirection test similar to NASA's DART. It could launch before 2030.
Published: 1 day ago  |  By Harsh Vardhan

A near-Earth asteroid has revealed itself as a comet 27 years after its discovery in a NASA study

Scientists began suspecting the object when they saw unanticipated changes in its orbit.
Published: 1 day ago  |  By Harsh Vardhan

How SpaceX's Starlink will give you a front row seat to NASA's Artemis III mission

NASA has selected SpaceX to provide a fast data relay technology for the Artemis III mission.
Published: 4 days ago  |  By Pranjal Nath

'Like a 4-billion-year-old weather report': NASA's Perseverance offers glimpse of ancient Mars

The rover's study of ancient rocks reveals how asteroid impacts shaped soil layers on Mars.
Published: 5 days ago  |  By Biplab Das

Katalyst Space’s LINK spacecraft back on track to save NASA’s Swift after facing issues

The servicing spacecraft experienced issues with its attitude control and communications but is now healthy.
Published: 5 days ago  |  By Pranjal Nath

NASA reveals finer details of how Artemis III's design will shape future crewed lunar missions

Besides revealing the mission requirements from its industry partners for Artemis III, NASA also lifted the curtain on operations that will become standard across the Artemis program.
Published: 5 days ago  |  By Pranjal Nath

Apollo 11 launch anniversary: Celebrating NASA’s historic mission that sent humanity to the Moon

July 16 this year marks the 57th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission, which saw two men walk on the Moon.
Published: 6 days ago  |  By Harsh Vardhan

Crater Island in Utah becomes testing ground for DAVINCI, NASA's future mission to Venus

The mission is expected to capture Venus in unprecedented detail.
Published: 6 days ago  |  By Pranjal Nath

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope may finally reveal how the universe's first black holes formed

Could this telescope help solve the mystery of black holes' origins? Here's what scientists say.
Published: 6 days ago  |  By Ankita Garkoti

United Launch Alliance loses NASA's SunRISE mission to SpaceX

While the mission is expected to launch this year, a date is yet to be announced.
Published: 7 days ago  |  By Pranjal Nath

Artemis III update: NASA begins assembling its SLS rocket at Kennedy Space Center

Besides assembling the rocket, the agency has begun preparing its launch teams as well.
Published: 7 days ago  |  By Pranjal Nath

NASA's Hubble and Webb spot the first of a star cluster's 10,000 missing black holes

The black hole, dubbed oMEGACat BH-2, has a visible star companion that orbits it every 94 years, making the duo the longest-period black hole binary ever detected.
Published: Jul 14, 2026  |  By Ankita Garkoti

Rookie NASA astronaut Anil Menon set to blast off to ISS with Russian cosmonauts today—details here

NASA astronaut Anil Menon is set to fly to the ISS on his debut mission with two Russian cosmonauts.
Published: Jul 14, 2026  |  By Harsh Vardhan

Meet NASA's NEO Surveyor: A 'one-of-a-kind mission' designed to find the most dangerous asteroids

“By identifying objects that ground telescopes can miss, this mission will provide the critical data we need to safeguard our planet for years to come.”
Published: Jul 13, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

NASA concerned after discovering mysterious new cloud of tiny space debris

Though nearly invisible, these tiny projectiles carry enough energy to critically damage spacecraft.
Published: Jul 13, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft gets its main structure delivered, inches closer to exploring Titan

Extensive testing has been carried out to ensure the spacecraft is robust enough for flight.
Published: Jul 10, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

NASA's IXPE measures pulsar's magnetic fields in distant Lighthouse Nebula for the first time

While confirming long-held theories of how pulsar trails work, the findings raise new questions.
Published: Jul 10, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to launch MACS mission to hunt high-risk invisible space junk

The mission will bridge a critical data gap on millimeter-sized orbital debris, which poses the greatest mission-ending penetration risk to low-Earth orbit spacecraft.
Published: Jul 10, 2026  |  By Ankita Garkoti