NASA has quietly flipped the switch on a new class of machine built to keep pace with its most ambitious missions. The Athena supercomputer, capable of 20 quadrillion operations per second, is designed to turn torrents of raw space data into decisions about where,

As NASA prepares to send astronauts around the moon, a critical dress rehearsal on Monday will reveal whether its rocket is truly ready to fly.

NASA’s Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft are some of the most incredible pieces of equipment ever made. They were first launched back in 1977 and have been traveling through space ever since. The craft completed all of their planned experiments decades ...

NASA astronauts train on Orion spacecraft systems, flight operations, and lunar observations in preparation for the 10-day Artemis II mission around the Moon.

To an untrained eye, the aircraft engine sitting outside of a Cincinnati facility in December might have looked like standard hardware. But NASA and GE Aerospace researchers watching the unit fire up for a demonstration knew what they were looking at: a hybrid engine performing at a level that could potentially power an airliner.

NASA today announced an opportunity for university students to work with NASA engineers to conceive, design, fabricate and test a radio-controlled aircraft capable of taking off and landing while carrying a maximum load of cargo. Students will develop ...

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be confused for Mars. The alluvial basin is full of tan and gray regolith, hued slightly red, and almost completely surrounded by carved ...