Only 370 people have been selected by NASA as astronauts, making it an extraordinarily small and elite group composed mostly of men. The latest additions — revealed during a ceremony at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston — will join 41 active U.S. astronauts currently serving in the corps.

NASA introduces its 2025 astronaut class ready for lunar and Martian missions. Two women with North Texas ties made the cut.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and Nicola Fox, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, will travel to Mexico City on Sunday, Nov. 24, for a multi-day trip to build on previous ...

NASA's IMAP mission will launch probes to study the heliosphere, a solar shield protecting Earth, offering insights into solar storms and safeguarding technology.

NASA's acting administrator said the space agency is expecting a visit from DOGE. Janet Petro said Elon Musk's cost-cutting unit would be coming to examine its payments. SpaceX, the rocket company founded by Musk, has NASA contracts worth billions of dollars.

The study looks at how bacteria behave in microgravity and tests silver-based disinfectants that could protect astronauts and spacecraft.

I/ATLAS is a fast, ancient interstellar object. Its odd features fuel both scientific study and speculation. On July 1, astronomers detected a strange, fast-moving object racing toward the Sun. Named 3I/ATLAS,

NASA introduced its newest astronauts Monday, 10 scientists, engineers and test pilots chosen from more than 8,000 applicants to help explore the moon and possibly Mars.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Cameron Jones will join nine others after the space agency examined more than 8,000 applicants to help explore the moon and maybe even Mars.

NASA scientists have announced that the Perseverance Mars rover discovered potential evidence that life exists on Mars. Here's what we know.