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In the frigid conditions found in space, rubber can shatter like glass, circuit boards may fail, and electrical connections can freeze and fracture.

NASA's X-59 is showing off in early flight test maneuvers.

A new Sun-centered and science-focused coloring book encourages people to show off their artistic side.

Curiosity was drilling a routine sample from a rock on Mars when the unexpected happened.

This smoke didn't come from rockets that propel astronauts to space.

Artemis III is already on the move.

IPEx is a game changing excavator.

Astronauts in orbit see lightning like no one on Earth.

Following a smooth ride to orbit, the NASA crew began the thirteen-day flight that marked the fifth and final servicing mission for Hubble.

MoM combines open-source hydrological models with satellite data to generate flood risk severity updates several times a day.

Using imagery from LandSat and other satellites, NASA and the USGS have developed an interactive platform for farmers called OpenET.

In low gravity, fuel can cling to the side walls of a spacecraft's tank, making it hard to tell how much fuel is left.

A new experiment on the International Space Station is investigating how blood flows from a crew member's brain toward the heart in microgravity.

With few options for recovery, the JunoCam team turned to a process called annealing to remotely repair the camera.

April showers bring MARS flowers – or at least they'll have to if we want to send humans to the red planet.

NASA is advancing technologies to explore Earth-like planets far beyond our solar system.

In the past, fasteners, rivets, or other mechanical means have been used to assemble structures in space.

It's not the first time Hollywood has turned to NASA to make sure their science fiction makes science sense.

The voice in NASA's mission control is the CAPCOM, or capsule communicator, often referred to as Houston by the crew.

Nicknamed the people's telescope, Hubble has provided iconic deep-field images of the universe, including galaxies billions of light-years away.

Over two million acres in the Flint Hills region of Kansas are intentionally burned each spring between March and May for land management purposes.

Celebrate Earth Day by taking a few minutes to look up at Earth's sky tonight.

Mr. Spock would be proud of NASA's science officers.

Since the 17th century, this volcano has had more than one hundred fifty documented eruptions.

Long before Artemis II launched, NASA teams were running simulations to show how the rocket's exhaust plumes would interact with the air, water, and the launchpad.

This robotic arm is the Swiss Army knife of the International Space Station.

It's Tax Day. But if you think your taxes are complicated, try filing taxes as an astronaut.

Space really is the final frontier, and we're on the brink of so many new discoveries about it.

NASA's space shuttle fleet began setting records with Columbia's first launch on April 12th, 1981.

Astronauts describe the moment they first saw our home planet from space as profound and life changing.

On April 9th,1959, NASA presented the Mercury 7, America's first astronauts.

Recent observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have ruled out any danger to Earth or the Moon from Asteroid 24 YR4.

When flying in certain weather conditions, tiny freezing water droplets floating in the air can accumulate on an aircraft, posing a serious safety risk.

As Artemis astronauts travel around the Moon, they will venture beyond Earth's protective magnetic field.

Just like many of us, astronauts on the International Space Station look forward to weekends.

In 1960, NASA launched the first weather satellite to determine if Earth could really be studied from space.

He may have been the fifth person to walk on the Moon, but he was the first to play golf there.

The tradition started with a single crockpot of ham and beans after the first successful shuttle launch.

People around the world will be able to pinpoint Orion during its ten-day trip around the Moon.

NASA's Artemis II mission will carry mementos that honor our nation's long tradition of exploration.

Exploring ocean worlds, like Europa, Enceladus or Titan, require electronics that can function in unforgiving conditions.

When NASA's DART spacecraft intentionally impacted the asteroid Dimorphos, one of two asteroids in a binary system, the crash shifted the orbit of both asteroids around the Sun.