A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected.

The two NASA astronauts who led the Artemis II moonshot earlier this year are leaving spaceflight behind.

A private spacecraft that was supposed to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory has managed to come within nine miles of the doomed spacecraft and even snap pictures.

NASA’s newest space telescope has blasted off on a quest to find planets around other stars and explore the hidden universe.

NASA launches a new telescope into space.

Friday make’s day two of President Donald Trump’s visit in Houston for a ceremony at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, and drivers should prepare for traffic delays and temporary road closures in the Clear Lake and southeast Houston areas.

The Artemis II astronauts who flew around the moon earlier this year have received the nation's highest space honor.

President Donald Trump is coming to Houston Thursday, and drivers should prepare for traffic delays and temporary road closures in parts of southeast Houston and near NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

A deep partial lunar eclipse will be visible in Houston on the night of August 27, with most of the Moon passing into Earth's darkest shadow. Skywatchers do not need special glasses.

Houston's skyline is breathtaking but have you seen the city from Space?

President Donald Trump will present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the four Artemis II astronauts—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—at Johnson Space Center in a ceremony scheduled for August 28.

The mission to save NASA's sinking space telescope has been called off.

Eclipses may be wondrous, but nothing beats seeing the northern and southern lights from space.

A NASA spacecraft circling the moon is providing the sharpest views yet of the crater carved by a crashing SpaceX rocket.

A spectacular total solar eclipse will sweep across parts of the Northern Hemisphere, Wednesday, August 12, as the Moon passes directly between Earth and the Sun.

Sorry, North America.

A new monument called EarthRise is being dedicated near NASA’s Johnson Space Center to honor Black astronauts, scientists, engineers, and civil rights leaders who contributed to America’s space legacy.

A South Korean satellite has captured the first pictures of the moon's fresh crash scene.

Scientists say they're certain that a SpaceX rocket has slammed into the moon as predicted.

For the first time in more than a century, a total solar eclipse is coming to mainland Spain with an even longer encore next summer.

A SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after launching a pair of lunar landers last year.

Space Center Houston hosts Astronaut Days from July 31 to August 1, featuring astronaut presentations, interactive labs, and behind-the-scenes experiences to showcase life and work in space.

A two-armed space robot is on its way to give extra life to out-of-gas satellites thousands of miles up.

A U.S.-Russian space crew has arrived at the International Space Station for an eight-month mission.

A three-armed spacecraft is rushing to the rescue of a NASA telescope that’s in danger of crashing back to Earth.

A rush rescue mission to save a NASA space telescope remains grounded, this time because of a last-minute launch problem.

NASA is racing to save its Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission.

For Randy Bresnik, being selected to command NASA’s Artemis III mission is more than another trip to space.

NASA just revealed the astronauts that will launch into space aboard Artemis III next year.

NASA has revealed the crew for its Artemis III mission, the next step in eventually landing astronauts on the moon.

NASA will reveal the astronauts assigned to its Artemis III mission Tuesday during a major announcement at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, giving the public its first look at the crew selected for a pivotal step in the agency’s return-to-the-Moon program.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have briefly taken shelter during a repair to fix a new leak.

NASA is moving forward with a major modernization effort at Johnson Space Center, awarding contracts to seven companies that will help upgrade aging facilities and infrastructure at the Houston campus that has served as the center of America’s human spaceflight program for more than six decades.

NASA's Maven spacecraft around Mars has been declared dead after six months of radio silence.

If you’ve noticed aircraft flying unusually low over the Houston area in the coming days, there’s no need for alarm.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is assessing damage to its Florida launch pad after a rocket exploded during a test firing.

SpaceX Starship launches are on hold pending an investigation into last week's test flight.

NASA is already ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after the Artemis II mission.

Neptune's mysterious, far-flung moon Nereid may be the last of the planet's original companions.

A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid is swinging past Mars for a gravity boost.

A spiral galaxy's brilliant heart outshines everything within sight in a new picture from NASA's Webb Space Telescope.

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower will soon light the sky with debris from Halley’s comet.

Mexico City is sinking nearly 10 inches every year, making it one of the world’s fastest-sinking metropolitan areas.

The spacecraft that flew four astronauts around the moon is back where its record-breaking journey began.

A new study suggests that the comet that rambled past us from another star last year likely originated in a cold, isolated corner of the galaxy that had yet to gel into its own solar system.

The Artemis II astronauts who ignited a lunar renaissance are giving high marks to their moonship for its performance during reentry — especially the heat shield.

Calling all star gazers, the Lyrid meteor shower peaks next week!

With the spacecraft crippled and more than 210,000 miles from Earth, flight directors and engineers in Houston, led by Eugene F. Kranz, worked tirelessly with astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise to ensure their safe return, ultimately turning a potential tragedy into a "successful failure."

With NASA's lunar comeback a galactic-sized smash, the space agency already has the next Artemis flight in its sights.

Artemis II's moon-traveling astronauts are back home and feted to a thunderous welcome.

University of Houston aerospace engineering and space architecture students gathered to watch the final moments of NASA’s Orion mission, and for a few breathless minutes, the room fell completely silent.

After traveling hundreds of thousands of miles around the moon, the four astronauts aboard Artemis II are set to make their return to Earth Friday evening, with a high-stakes splashdown marking the final and most dangerous phase of the mission.

The first astronauts to visit the moon in more than a half-century are home.

The Artemis II astronauts are tidying up their lunar cruiser for Friday's “fireball” return to Earth.

As NASA sends astronauts farther into space than any human has traveled in decades, the most dangerous part of the mission isn’t the launch… or even the trip around the moon.

If you’ve ever wondered what astronauts wake up to while orbiting the moon… it’s not silence, it’s a full-on vibe.

Before astronauts aboard Artemis II ever left Earth, they spent years inside a simulator in Houston preparing for nearly every scenario they could face in space.

New images of the moon from NASA’s Artemis II mission are offering rare, detailed views from deep space, captured using a carefully selected set of cameras aboard the spacecraft.

The Artemis II astronauts are chatting it up with their friends aboard the International Space Station.

The Artemis II astronauts are chatting it up with their friends aboard the International Space Station.

The Artemis II astronauts are now forever intertwined with Apollo 8.

NASA officials shared new details on the Artemis II mission, highlighting life support limits, technical challenges, and what astronauts may observe during their trip around the Moon.

The Artemis II astronauts are already the champions of a fresh new era of lunar exploration. Now it’s time to set a new distance record.

The Artemis II astronauts have completed their record-breaking trip around the moon.

NASA officials shared new details on the Artemis II mission, highlighting life support limits, technical challenges, and what astronauts may observe during their trip around the Moon.

The Artemis II astronauts are more than halfway to the moon.

NASA granted KPRC 2’s Gage Goulding rare access inside Mission Control at Johnson Space Center as the Artemis II crew travels toward the moon, offering a firsthand look at the team responsible for guiding the historic mission.

The Artemis II astronauts have captured Earth's brilliant blue beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon.

Frenchie’s Italian Restaurant, a longtime favorite of astronauts and NASA staff, is seeing increased activity, with owner Frankie Camera hopeful that the Artemis program will restore enthusiasm and prosperity to the area.

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have fired their engines and are blazing toward the moon.

Four astronauts have embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon.

Four astronauts have embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century.

It’s humanity’s first flight to the moon since 1972.

For the first time in more than 50 years, humans are preparing to travel beyond low-Earth orbit and return to the Moon.

Everything seems to be going NASA's way as the countdown proceeds toward a Wednesday launch of astronauts' first trip to the moon in more than half a century.

Four Astronauts, one Mission, 230,000 Miles

The countdown has begun toward humanity’s first launch to the moon in 53 years.

The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back.

The four astronauts making NASA's next lunar leap bear little resemblance to the Apollo era.

The astronauts set to become the first lunar visitors in more than half a century have arrived at their launch site.

The astronaut who prompted NASA's first medical evacuation earlier this year says doctors still don't know why he suddenly fell sick at the International Space Station.

On March 21,2026 a meteor fireball streaked over Houston, causing sonic booms and shakes across southeast Texas. NASA confirms the 1-ton rock exploded with 26 tons of TNT energy. Meanwhile, we're tracking the chance for record-breaking heat.

NASA's moon rocket is back at the launch pad following hangar repairs.

Meteorite hunters are combing Ohio for fragments of a space rock that streaked across the sky earlier this week.

A 7-ton meteor that sped across the Cleveland sky at 45,000 miles per hour on Tuesday broke apart in a thunderous boom that startled residents who feared an explosion.

NASA has cleared its moon rocket for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs.

A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun.

NASA is revamping its Artemis moon landing program.

NASA's Mike Fincke has identified himself as the astronaut whose medical condition prompted the space agency's first medical evacuation.

Astronaut Mike Fincke released a statements weeks after NASA made a rare move to cut the crews mission short after Fincke experienced a medical issue in space.

NASA is moving its grounded Artemis moon rocket from the launch pad back to its hangar for more repairs.

NASA plans to roll the Artemis II rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building after high winds and cold temperatures halted launch pad work at Kennedy Space Center.

NASA's giant moon rocket is headed back to the hangar for more repairs.

NASA’s new moon rocket has suffered another setback, with astronauts’ lunar trip now off until spring.

NASA aims to send astronauts to the moon in March after acing the latest rocket fueling test.

NASA's new boss is blasting Boeing and the space agency for Starliner's botched flight that left two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station.

NASA has taken another crack at fueling its giant moon rocket after leaks halted the initial dress rehearsal.

The International Space Station is back to full strength with the arrival of four new astronauts.

The replacements for the astronauts involved in NASA's first medical evacuation are on their way to the International Space Station.

NASA's long-awaited moonshot with astronauts is off until at least March because of leaking hydrogen fuel.