The object is hurtling towards the Earth at a zippy 12,616 miles per hour, according to data from the space agency.

NASA and Vast are teaming up so that the aerospace company can send four private astronauts to the ISS in 2027 following a launch in Cape Canaveral.

NASA has begun another practice launch countdown for its first moonshot in decades with astronauts. The first test was halted two weeks ago by dangerous hydrogen fuel leaks, bumping the flight from February into March.

The four Crew-12 astronauts brought the International Space Station’s staff back to seven after a month of operating with three people on board.

NASA has pulled off a high-flying aurora investigation, launching three rockets into the glowing northern lights over Alaska. One mission targeted mysterious dark patches called black auroras, while the twin GNEISS rockets created a 3D scan of the aurora’s electrical currents.

The crew will spend the next eight months conducting experiments to prepare for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit.

She’s worried about the a-rock-alypse. A planetary defense expert is warning that humanity is defenseless against up to 15,000 undetected near-Earth asteroids that have the potential to take out a city.

NASA might be best known for sending astronauts to the moon and launching rockets, but it has and continues to study Earth without leaving the atmosphere.