The space agency is going back to the lunar surface in a big way with plans for a permanent manned outpost.
An ambitious new mission to the red Planet could demonstrate, for the first time, nuclear electric propulsion in action.
The exploratory rover had been probing a rock on the ground when it found itself unable to get its drill arm free.
55-year-old Ingrid Honkala believes that she has experienced a glimpse of what happens after we die.
Scientists are hoping to learn more about how fire behaves in a low-gravity environment.
The most distant man-manned object in the universe is still going - but it needs a bit of help to stay functional.
The discovery points to the building blocks of life being preserved on the Red Planet for billions of years.
A space plane once hoped to be a successor to NASA's space shuttles may ultimately never make it to orbit.
Jared Isaacman maintains that the possibility of extraterrestrial life 'goes to the heart' of what the space agency does.
Four brave souls will be blasting off atop NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) for the Moon later on today.
It is looking extremely likely that we are about to witness the first manned Moon mission since 1972.
The long-awaited 'Lunar Gateway' space station has been scrapped but will be repurposed for something else.
Something fell from the sky over the city's Spring area on Saturday night, prompting a response from NASA.
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.