In 2022, NASA’s BioSentinel flew yeast past the Moon. The cells never grew, likely expired before launch, but its radiation ...

NASA’s Voyager 1 has reached a milestone distance from Earth while carrying a message of humanity into deep space.

Four volunteers who spent nearly 380 days in a Mars habitat simulator at Johnson Space Center will emerge Saturday after more ...

The nail-biting incident happened just two weeks ago, when the Deep Space Network didn't receive a call from Voyager 1 on ...

NASA announced it is targeting a February launch for Artemis II, a 10-day crewed mission that will send astronauts around the Moon. The last time humans traveled that far from Earth was in 1972, ...

Deep Space Station 23's 133-ton reflector dish was recently installed, marking a key step in strengthening NASA's Deep Space Network. NASA's Deep Space Network, an array of giant radio antennas, ...

NASA's long-distance spacecraft-calling network just got a boost. The Deep Space Network (DSN), best known for communicating with distant spacecraft such as Voyager 1, Voyager 2 and New Horizons, ...

NASA’s Voyager team is celebrating two recent developments with the Voyager 1 spacecraft: In September, they successfully ...

NASA has achieved an impressive first by streaming an ultra-HD video to Earth by laser from 19 million miles away. “This will pave the way for higher-data-rate communications in support of the next ...

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If aliens had intercepted NASA's space-laser communications earlier this month, they would've been scratching their heads over footage of a fat orange cat chasing a laser around a grey couch. NASA ...