China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft captured its first image of Kamo’oalewa, a 66-foot-wide asteroid orbiting Earth, after a 400-day, 621-million-mile journey to prep…

NASA and top aerospace engineers are seriously exploring the use of antimatter as a fuel source for future interstellar spacecraft, marking a significant shift…

A robotic spacecraft called LINK will soon tug the telescope to a higher orbit. The NASA Swift Boost mission has launched from Marshall Islands on July 3 at 4:…

NASA’s shuttle Endeavour opens vertically in Los Angeles on November 13, 2026. The new exhibit recreates launch conditions, allowing visitors to ascend a gantr…

A Nasa-funded spacecraft has been sent into space to catch a falling telescope. The Swift observatory detects some of the most powerful explosions in the Unive…

NASA's Swift Observatory is slated to enter Earth's atmosphere later this year, but the Katalyst Space spacecraft aims to boost it higher this summer.

A first-of-its-kind mission to raise the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is poised for launch no earlier than Thursday, July 2, 5:09 a.m. EDT (9…

For NASA's next generation of deep-space exploration missions, spacecraft may need to refuel in Earth orbit before pushing farther into the solar system. Simil…

Cold metal pieces can fuse together in space via cold welding because the vacuum lacks oxygen to form the oxide layer that prevents this on Earth. This matters…

NASA tested a cryocoupler device that safely transfers super-cold rocket fuel between spacecraft in orbit, crucial for deep-space missions. In-orbit refueling …

NASA tested a new in-space refueling device that successfully transferred volatile propellants without leaks, a critical step for longer missions. This technol…