The Latest Breaking News on Space

Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lunar lander is set to launch next week carrying a special set of 'eyes' to track how the spacecraft's engine plume interacts with the lunar surface.

The launch of Hubble in 1990 marked a turning point in our quest to unravel the mysteries of deep space

The observations offer a window into the past to better understand how globular clusters may have formed.

An all-European quartet of astronauts, including Turkey's first, splashed down off the Florida coast on Friday morning, completing Axiom Space's third private mission to the International Space Station.

The U.S. Space Force is looking for new ways to extend the lives of satellites that run out of fuel, including small "backpacks" that can attach to existing spacecraft in orbit.

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission, which aims to pull off the first-ever private spacewalk, will now launch no earlier than this summer.

February's new moon coincides with lunar perigee, during which time the moon will reach its closest point to Earth in its orbit.

Dreams of space travel started small with the launch of Sputnik-1 by the Soviet Union, and escalated with the U.S. Apollo landing on the moon in 1969. Six decades later, plans are ramping up for space tourism, missions to the moon and Mars, and mining on the moon.

For a few minutes on Jan. 26, 20 people were in space at the same time, tying a record set just last May.