When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The year 2017 was a big one for NASA. From astronaut Peggy Whitson's record-shattering ...
It's been a busy year for NASA—and for all the rest of us, so let's take a stroll through some of 2017's biggest discoveries and advances from the space agency. Cassini's final days: NASA's Cassini ...
The flow of incredible images from the basketball court-sized robot NASA sent to Jupiter just won't stop. The $1 billion Juno spacecraft took five years to reach Jupiter and settle into orbit around ...
More than 18,300 people applied to be part of NASA’s astronaut corps, and today NASA unveiled this year’s class of seven men and five women. The Class of 2017’s astronaut candidates include: Barron is ...
When you open Facebook on Monday, a special message from the company will greet you about the total solar eclipse. That message will point users to streaming video coverage of the 2017 eclipse by NASA ...
Contact has been lost with the Cassini spacecraft after it completed a “death dive” into the upper atmosphere of Saturn and transmitted its final signal, according to NASA. The spacecraft deliberately ...
Just as class lets out for the summer across the country, a new one has just been announced. NASA has chosen 12 people from a pool of more than 18,300 applicants for two years of training before ...
The first flight of NASA’s next big rocket, the Space Launch System, likely won’t launch until June 2020, though it’s now officially scheduled to get off the ground sometime in December 2019, ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. NASA said on Thursday that 2017 was the second hottest year ...
Rep. Lamar Smith said that, after national security agencies, “NASA received the most favorable budget request from the Trump administration.” True, but President Donald Trump’s 2018 proposal would ...
A composite image of the Mount Brandenberg Nature Reserve as seen from above. From NASA, "This composite image of the Mount Brandberg Nature Reserve in Namibia, Africa was put together at the Johnson ...
Robb Kulin, a 2017 astronaut candidate for NASA, is resigning Friday for "personal reasons," becoming the first candidate to do so in 50 years, NASA officials confirmed Monday. Kulin, a 35-year-old ...