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The Starliner on the launchpad atop an Atlas V rocket.

Will the Starliner finally get to launch on Wednesday?

The Starliner has suffered multiple setbacks and delays, the most recent of which took place last week when a launch was called off with just minutes to go.
The Starliner atop an Atlas V rocket.

NASA sets new target launch date for Starliner spacecraft

Boeing Space's Starliner spacecraft heading back to the launchpad.

Watch Starliner heading back to the launchpad at Kennedy

The first of two CubeSats for the PREFIRE mission sits on a launch pad in Māhia, New Zealand, shortly before launching on May 25, 2024 at 7:41 p.m. NZST (3:41 a.m. EDT).

Two tiny NASA satellites are launching to study Earth’s poles

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrive back at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 28, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test.

NASA confirms readiness for highly anticipated crewed mission

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft at the space station during an uncrewed test flight.

NASA now aiming to launch Starliner astronauts flight next month

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft at the space station during an uncrewed test flight.

Boeing’s Starliner won’t fly on Tuesday after all

NASA astronauts training in Arizona.

NASA conducts ‘moonwalks’ in the Arizona desert for Artemis lunar mission

Artist concept of novel approach proposed by a 2024 NIAC Phase II awardee for possible future missions depicting lunar surface with planet Earth on the horizon.

NASA eyes levitating robot train for the moon

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft at the space station during an uncrewed test flight.

First crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft delayed again

ULA's Atlas V rocket and Boeing Space's Starliner spacecraft on the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA reveals new target date for first crewed Starliner launch

A black hole according to NASA's 360-degree video.

NASA 360-degree video shows what it’s like to plunge into a black hole

The Atlas V rocket and Starliner spacecraft on the launchpad.

Starliner’s first crewed launch called off just two hours before liftoff

A technical issue forced NASA engineers to call off Monday's first crewed launch of the Starliner spacecraft just two hours before liftoff.
A graphic displaying Boeing’s spacesuit for Starliner astronauts.

Here are the new spacesuits astronauts will wear for tonight’s Starliner launch

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been suiting up in new spacesuits ahead of the first crewed Boeing Starliner test flight tonight.
The Starliner astronauts arrive at the launchpad for the spacecraft's first crewed flight.

Starliner astronauts arrive at launchpad for first crewed flight tonight

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have arrived at the launchpad for the first crewed flight of the Starliner spacecraft.
Boeing Space's Starliner spacecraft.

First crewed Starliner test needs good weather for launch. Here’s the forecast

NASA and Boeing Space are a short time away from conducting the first crewed launch of the Starliner spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The Orion crew module for NASA’s Artemis II mission.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft has ‘critical issues’ with its heat shield, report finds

NASA intends to use its Orion capsule to send astronauts to the moon, but a report has found that issues with the capsule's heat shield could be a safety risk.
This mosaic is made up of more than 100 images captured by NASA’s Viking 1 orbiter, which operated around Mars from 1976 to 1980. The scar across the center of the planet is the vast Valles Marineris canyon system.

NASA selects 9 companies to work on low-cost Mars projects

NASA is expanding its plans for Mars, looking at not only a mission to bring back a sample but also smaller, lower-cost missions to enable exploration.
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 8, 2022. DSOC’s gold-capped flight laser transceiver can be seen, near center, attached to the spacecraft.

Psyche spacecraft sends data back to Earth using lasers for the first time

NASA's experimental laser communication system, riding along with the Psyche spacecraft, has transmitted Psyche data from over 140 million miles away.
The official crew portrait for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Left is Suni Williams, who will serve as the pilot, and to the right is Barry “Butch” Wilmore, spacecraft commander.

Astronauts take major step toward Starliner’s first crewed flight

After numerous delays across many years, NASA is closer than ever to launching its first astronauts aboard the Boeing-made CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is depicted in this artist’s concept traveling through interstellar space, or the space between stars, which it entered in 2012.

Voyager 1 spacecraft is still alive and sending signals to Earth

NASA has announced that it is back in contact with Voyager 1, around five months after communications with the spacecraft were disrupted.
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter.

NASA video maps all 72 flights taken by Mars Ingenuity helicopter

NASA has shared a video that maps all 72 of the flights taken on Mars by its trailblazing Ingenuity helicopter during its almost three-year mission.
An artist's impression of NASA's Dragonfly drone.

Watch how NASA plans to land a car-sized drone on Titan

Watch the cool way in which NASA is aiming to land its car-sized Dragonfly drone on Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
An artist's impression of NASA's Dragonfly drone.

NASA gives green light to mission to send car-sized drone to Saturn moon

NASA’s Mars helicopter mission is now officially over, but following it is an even more complex flying machine destined to explore Saturn’s largest moon.
The International Space Station.

Junk from the ISS fell on a house in the U.S., NASA confirms

NASA has confirmed that a metal object that fell on a house in Florida last month was from the International Space Station.
NASA starts testing the Orion capsule for the Artemis II mission.

Watch NASA begin testing its Orion capsule for lunar flyby

NASA has started testing the Orion spacecraft that will take astronauts on a voyage around the moon on the Artemis II mission scheduled for 2025.
Still from the NASA livestream of the total eclipse in Russellville, Arkansas on March 8, 2024.

The first views of the eclipse are coming in, and they’re stunning

Eclipse mania is gripping swaths of the U.S. today as a total solar eclipse passes across the country from Texas to Maine.
A total solar eclipse.

Total solar eclipse: NASA’s most important piece of advice

The next total solar eclipse is just hours away. NASA wants everyone to enjoy it, but has some important advice on how to do it safely.
A total solar eclipse.

What kind of view will ISS astronauts get of the solar eclipse?

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station some 250 miles above Earth are eagerly awaiting Monday's total solar eclipse.
An artist’s concept design of NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle.

These 3 companies are developing NASA’s new moon vehicle

Today, NASA announced the three companies that will be developing its new lunar vehicle: Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Venturi Astrolab.
Boeing Space's Starliner spacecraft.

NASA reveals target date for first crewed Starliner flight

NASA and Boeing are making the final preparations for the long-awaited and much-delayed maiden crewed flight of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
The path of totality of the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

The solar eclipse isn’t the only thing to enjoy in the skies in April

The total solar eclipse is definitely the main event this month, but there's also plenty more for skywatchers to enjoy over the coming weeks.
An artist’s concept of an Artemis astronaut deploying an instrument on the lunar surface.

NASA astronauts will try to grow plants on the moon

Among three experiments heading to the moon as part of the crewed Artemis III mission will be a plant-growth study, NASA has announced.
A person watches the annular solar eclipse of October 14, 2023, in Kerrville, Texas.

How to safely watch April’s total solar eclipse, in person or online

Next month will see a rare and exciting astronomical event: a total solar eclipse that will be viewable across much of North America. Here's how to watch it.