The object is hurtling towards the Earth at a zippy 12,616 miles per hour, according to data from the space agency.

California-based aerospace company Vast partnered with NASA to send four private astronauts to the International Space Station for up to two weeks.

The Orion capsule's heat shield had issues during the uncrewed Artemis 1 moon mission in late 2022. Here are the steps NASA has taken to prevent them from recurring on Artemis 2.

"We would not have any way to go and actively deflect one right now," warns the scientist who led NASA's DART mission.

A test of NASA's towering Space Launch System rocket uncovered another issue with the vehicle meant to launch astronauts on a mission around the moon.

NASA has pulled off a high-flying aurora investigation, launching three rockets into the glowing northern lights over Alaska. One mission targeted mysterious dark patches called black auroras, while the twin GNEISS rockets created a 3D scan of the aurora’s electrical currents.

The crew will spend the next eight months conducting experiments to prepare for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit.

She’s worried about the a-rock-alypse. A planetary defense expert is warning that humanity is defenseless against up to 15,000 undetected near-Earth asteroids that have the potential to take out a city.

NASA might be best known for sending astronauts to the moon and launching rockets, but it has and continues to study Earth without leaving the atmosphere.