With "one of the coolest jobs in the world", NASA rover operator Vandi Verma hopes women's high profile in the latest Mars mission will inspire a new generation to pursue careers in a sector traditionally dominated by men.

NASA has been slashing programs all year, including throwing the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) out of its building, asking employees to take buyouts, and defunding some of its most important research centers.

Blue Origin's heavy lift New Glenn became the first commercial rocket to make it to orbit on its first try back in January. Jeff Bezos' company is looking to repeat the feat while also nailing a return landing of its booster,

“Most workers have indicated a willingness to continue the work in the event of contract funding running out prior to the government reopening,” a NASA official told the Ars Technica website. The official noted that Artemis II contracts are only funded through early November.

Despite the ongoing government shutdown, NASA has recently managed to complete a major milestone as part of the organization’s effort to send astronauts back to the moon.

The United States and China are locked in a contest to be the first country to send humans to the lunar surface in half a century. But there's a developing twist: an emerging competition between American companies to build the landing vehicle that could win this new moon race for the US.

NASA's proposed 2026 budget is dramatically smaller than its current budget. Many NASA science missions face cuts or cancellation. Some major telescopes and planetary exploration projects are at risk. Congress may change the proposed budget. Each of these ...

A NASA union claims there's been a total collapse in the information chain connecting the space agency to the US government.