When the Cold War heated up in 1946, the U.S. and the Soviet Union took their rivalry from Earth to the stars. Sputnik, the ...

Katherine Johnson calculated trajectories for the first man in space and Apollo 11. Peggy Whitson holds the US record for the most time spent in space at 665 days. Jessica Meir and Christina Koch ...

The cosmic chopper carries a piece of the Wright brothers aircraft. In a historic first, NASA will attempt to launch a helicopter into flight on Mars next month. If succesful, the Ingenuity Mars ...

NASA marked its 60th anniversary last year, and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the moon landing on July 20. One thing that ties together these decades of scientific discovery and intrepid missions ...

HAMPTON, Va. (WRIC) — NASA’s Langley Research Center was founded in Hampton, Virginia over 100 years ago. NASA’s Langley Research Center is comprised of nearly 200 facilities on 764 acres in Hampton, ...

This week, NASA announced the crew for its 2024 lunar voyage. The Artemis II expedition marks the first manned moon mission in over five decades, since the Apollo missions. Among the crew, Victor J.

The Black History Month event Friday (Feb. 10) included astronauts, NASA directors and a discussion of why diversity matters, with high schoolers making up much of the audience. When you purchase ...

For an agency shooting for the moon and onward to Mars, NASA in 2025 has been on a roller coaster ride of proposed budget ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Welcome ...