Traditionally, spacecraft communications to and from Earth use radio signals, which travel at the speed of light. That means ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Humanity’s return to the moon began Saturday morning before dawn — at less than 1 mph. That was the top speed NASA’s rocket for the Artemis II mission hit during its ride atop ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Humanity’s return to the moon began Saturday morning before dawn at less than 1 mph. That was the top speed NASA’s rocket for the Artemis II mission was able to hit during its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Artemis II crew will rely on the Deep Space Network for communication and navigation during their mission, which could launch ...

The Artemis II crew will rely on the Deep Space Network for communication and navigation during their mission, which could launch as early as February. Credit: NASA / Mark Sowa On the 18th day of the ...

On the 18th day of the Artemis I mission, NASA unexpectedly lost contact with its moonship, with the silence lasting for over four hours. The problem was rather mundane but troubling: failed aging ...

The moon is going nuclear. On Tuesday NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy announced a commitment to build a fission reactor on the lunar surface. NASA has been exploring nuclear power for the moon ...

On December 6, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft, which has been studying the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere for over a decade, mysteriously went offline. The spacecraft ...

One of NASA's deep space antennas that has been critical for communication with spacecraft for years hasn't been working since September 16, 2025. Located in Goldstone, California, the antenna ...

When the general public thinks about NASA, they likely think about space shuttles, rockets, satellites, and the International Space Station in Earth's lower orbit. Despite NASA's future without the ...

Blue Origin Thursday launched its massive New Glenn rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral, carrying small twin spacecraft toward Mars as part of NASA’s Escapade mission. It was Blue Origin’s first NASA ...