When NASA's Europa Clipper reaches its destination in 2030, the spacecraft will prepare to aim an array of powerful science instruments toward Jupiter's moon Europa during 49 flybys, looking for signs ...

NASA has sent a whole host of spacecraft across the solar system and even beyond. They range from crewed ships to orbit and to the moon to robotic explorers. Among them are a range of mission classes ...

A modern-day explorer who made his discoveries by rocket ship is saluting some of his pioneering predecessors, the first English colonists, who traveled by wooden ships almost 400 years ago. Retired ...

Out in the depths of space, in our solar system and beyond, there exist a vast variety of worlds. There are gas giant planets bigger than Jupiter, and extremely hot planets that orbit so close to ...

After 18 months of intense training, NASA’s latest astronaut candidates now are officially astronauts. The class of 11, including three educator astronauts selected from teachers across the nation, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shows like 'Space Out,' 'Other Worlds,' and 'NASA Explorers' will debut on November 8. The commercial free on-demand platform will ...

NASA is in communication with its Mars explorers again following last month’s solar conjunction. On Nov. 11, Earth’s orbit and that of Mars aligned so that they were on opposite sides of the Sun, ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is announcing via this email the release of the final text for the Announcement of Opportunity entitled 2023 ...