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Prefire joins more than two dozen current NASA Earth Science missions focused on studies of the planet’s oceans, ice, vegetation, atmosphere and landforms.

The issue was found as part of a wider assessment of the Starliner propulsion system.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has signed into law a bipartisan transportation bill.

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft arrived at Kennedy Space Center on May 23 for final preparations ahead of launch in October to a Jupiter moon.

NASA administrator Bill Nelson again raised astronaut safety as the primary pacing item for Artemis III.

The heater units would be used on ispace’s Series 3 lunar lander and rovers, planned for launch to the Moon by 2027.

NASA and Boeing are working toward a June 1 launch of the CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test.

Liftoff of the Rocket Lab Electron rocket with the initial spacecraft from New Zealand is planned for 3:15 a.m. EDT, following the weather delay from May 22.

The actions include improved tracking to facilitate just-in-time collision avoidance maneuvers and the more rapid deorbiting of large sats no longer functional.

An ocean world some 450 million mi. from Earth is a tantalizing candidate for life.

The leak initially appeared during the countdown for launch of the Starliner Crew Flight Test on May 6.

NASA has named David Salvagnini as the agency’s first chief artificial intelligence officer.

NASA for the 12th year in a row has been rated as the best large federal agency for which to work in 2023, according to employee survey analysis.

Eliminating contrails would cut aviation's climate impact by half, but can it be done? NASA climate scientist Richard Moore joins to share the latest research.

The company suggests leveraging NASA’s deep investment in the SLS may be just the ticket to bring back samples from Mars.

The review assessed the X-59 project’s approach to safety and hazard analysis.

With former partner Russia out of the picture, the European Space Agency-led ExoMars rover mission is firming up its partnership with NASA.

The first of the two Prefire satellites is planned for launch on May 22.

NASA’s long-serving McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 research aircraft flew for the final time on May 15 after being used on 158 science campaigns.

The company’s turboelectric airliner concept would reduce fuel usage, operating costs and contrails.

Enthusiasm for the scientific potential of a NASA-led Mars Sample Return mission is continuing.

An Ion Beam Deflection mission could demonstrate a new low-thrust concept to counter so-called "rubble pile" asteroids.

SpaceX’s plan to launch its Starship-Super Heavy reusable Mars-class space transport from KSC will require a full environmental impact statement, the FAA said.

Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser lifting body spaceplane "Tenacity" and its Shooting Star cargo module are being readied for shipment to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

An IMAX camera recorded astronauts repairing the attitude control system of NASA’s Solar Maximum satellite, which space shuttle Challenger captured for the repair.