For centuries, we have gazed into space with fascination, dreaming of traveling to distant planets. To turn these dreams into reality, NASA is working on a project that would facilitate our journey to Mars,

An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.

For centuries, we have been gazing into space with fascination, dreaming of travelling to distant planets. To make these plans a reality, NASA is working on a project that could facilitate our journey to Mars,

After a long career as a politician from Florida, former astronaut Bill Nelson has served as NASA's administrator for the last three and a half years. He intends to resign from this position in about two weeks when President Joe Biden ends his term in the White House.

Once upon a time, the core of a massive star collapsed, creating a shockwave that blasted outward, ripping the star apart as it went. When the shockwave reached the star’s surface, it punched through,

On Jan. 12, 1986, shuttle Columbia lifted off on the final successful shuttle mission before the Challenger disaster.

With that in mind, Rocket Lab this week urged NASA to immediately launch an official commercial competition for MSR, and open up the project to competing bids. As Rocket Lab argues, other companies' proposals will probably cost between $5.8 billion and $7.7 billion, and won't be ready to go until at least 2035, maybe as long as 2039.

Robert Cabana, a NASA associate administrator, astronaut, and a colonel in the United States Marine Corps, received the President’s Award.

NASA announced Tuesday that it is exploring two options to move forward with its mission to return samples from Mars at a lower cost.

NASA administrators are also accountable to elected officials. Administrators are appointed by the president but must be confirmed by the Senate. Congress has a great deal to say about the budget that NASA gets each year. They also must authorize major programs, like the Artemis program, which aims to return the U.S. and its partners to the Moon.

NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.

NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars, after seeing its original plan swell to $11 billion. Administrator Bill Nelson presented a revised scenario ...