On this day in 1962, NASA’s Mariner 2 spacecraft made history with a close flyby of Venus, marking a major milestone in the early years of space exploration. The mission became America’s first ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made the closest flyby of the sun ever made by a spacecraft in Dec. 25. See the views it captured ...

With construction complete, the telescope will now move into final testing. Following testing, Roman will be packaged and ...

On Dec. 14, 1962, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft flew by Venus. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The Mariner 2 ...

Rocket Lab has successfully launched an Electron technology demonstration satellite for the Japan Aerospace Exploration ...

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Theoretically, Chinese rockets based on the Soyuz design might carry astronauts (or cosmonauts, or Chinese taikonauts) to ISS ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe observed solar wind reversing direction, capturing inflows and coronal material returning to the Sun, providing new insights into solar magnetic field dynamics.

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A NASA spacecraft is making a close approach to the sun, repeating its record-breaking distance of 3.8 million miles from the ...

NASA’s TRACERS mission begins early science measurements in Earth’s southern polar cusp, tracking magnetic reconnection and ...

Astronomers have followed 3I/ATLAS since its discovery on July 1. Hubble photographed it on July 21 from 277 million miles away, revealing a teardrop-shaped cloud of dust wrapped around its icy core.