Annie Easley began as a ‘human computer’, performing complex calculations by hand before electronic systems took over. She later became a programmer at NASA, contributing to propulsion and energy ...

"We are doing some papers right now on, I think, a position that we would love to escalate through the scientific community to revisit this discussion." When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday morning on President Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget request, as the space agency eyes a return to the ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has reiterated his support for Pluto to be reclassified as a planet. Pluto was downgraded to a dwarf planet in 2006 because it has not cleared its orbital path of ...

NASA over the weekend released thousands more photos from last month’s Artemis II mission around the moon. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

Could Pluto be repromoted to planetary status? On Tuesday NASA administrator Jared Isaacman told a Senate committee hearing that he is “very much in the camp of make Pluto a planet again.” NASA is ...

"This marks the first time in the United States that an electric propulsion system has operated at power levels this high, reaching up to 120 kilowatts." When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Before he became NASA administrator in 2018, Jim Bridenstine was a naval aviator who then served as a US representative from Oklahoma for three terms, sitting on the Committee on Armed Services. Now, ...

As NASA fought to catch up to the Soviet Union in the space race, they selected a Navy veteran as the first astronaut. But what happened once Alan Shepard stepped into the space capsule? Alan Shepard ...

Members of the US House of Representatives signalled that they would again reject a proposal by the administration of US President Donald Trump to slash science spending. But the bill advanced by a ...