It looks like mankind's first trip around the Moon in decades may finally be happening in the very near future.
A mission designed to change the trajectory of a small moonlet around an asteroid actually did more than expected.
An asteroid that was once thought to be heading for the Earth was later found to be heading toward the Moon instead.
The major policy change was revealed on Friday as the space agency grappled with delays and technical issues.
Just when it looked like the launch would go ahead, another spanner in the works manifested itself.
Dr Gentry Lee, who worked on the Mars Viking mission, has spent decades designing probes that land on other worlds.
Evidence of ancient life on Mars might be found in a place where NASA's rovers have yet to explore.
The manned mission had been delayed following a hydrogen fuel leak during testing earlier this month.
Tape recordings made during the Apollo program were reportedly wiped due to a tape shortage... or were they ?
The launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) had been tentatively scheduled for as soon as next week.
The icy Jovian moon has long been a place of interest for scientists due to its subterranean ocean of liquid water.
The idea seems to have stemmed from claims of a leaked NASA document known as 'Project Anchor'.
A return trip to Earth will be happening sooner than planned after an astronaut became unwell with a 'serious' illness.
Saturn's moon Titan may be home to habitable subterranean pockets of liquid water.
The mysterious extrasolar world was spotted with the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
A spacecraft that has been in orbit around Mars for over a decade has suddenly stopped communicating.
The space agency's Perseverance rover recently came across a strange rock on Mars that didn't seem to belong there.
As luck would have it, two existing space probes happen to be perfectly positioned to investigate the object's tail.
We've known for a long time that the Earth won't remain habitable forever, but how long does it really have?
There have been numerous rumors in recent weeks concerning the nature of the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas.