Two Purdue alumni, including an Indiana native, have officially joined NASA’s 2025 class of astronaut candidates. Yuri Kubo, ...

Twenty percent of NASA's 2025 astronaut candidates are Purdue University graduates, adding to the university's legacy as the ...

The class will undergo nearly two years of training before being eligible for space flight assignments to the International ...

On May 21, 2010, the Akatsuki orbiter ("Dawn" in Japanese) launched from the Tanegashima Space Center atop a H-IIA Launch ...

With SpaceX and Starlink, Elon Musk controls more than half the world’s rocket launches and thousands of internet satellites.

SUNY Brockport meteorology major Logan Jewell was one of 24 students nationwide selected to spend their summer flying with ...

Hubble’s latest look at Messier 96 reveals a warped spiral galaxy glowing with rings of stellar birth. The new details shed light on how stars emerge and influence their surroundings.

Pluto's unusual eccentricity and tilt is likely due to its interactions with neighboring Neptune and other giant planets, ...

Data may challenge and reshape current models of solar wind evolution. A recent study led by Dr. Michael Starkey of the ...

A former NASA photographer shares how she captured Houston’s most iconic view of Endeavour’s farewell flight, 13 years after it soared above the city.

On Sept. 23, a spacecraft will launch with a clear mission — to keep a constant watch on the sun to help protect Earth from space weather. The satellite, Space Weather Follow-On L1 (SWFO-L1), is ...