India becomes fourth country to land on the moon, first near the south pole

India’s successful moon landing comes just days after Russia’s Luna-25, which was aiming for the same lunar region, spun into an uncontrolled orbit and crashed.

Russia's moon mission crash dents pride, reflects deeper problems with its space industry

Russian state television had hailed the spacecraft as the country’s triumphant entry into a new moon race, but since the crash, the broadcasters have tried to play down the loss of the robotic probe.

James Webb Space Telescope captures new beauty of dying star

The ring nebula captured by James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam is 2,500 light-years away and known as M57 and NHC6720. NIRCam's sensitivity captures new details of the structures within the celestial object.

Russia's 1st lunar mission in nearly 50 years crashes into the moon

Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft was aiming to be the first ever to land on the south pole of the moon, an area where scientists believe there could be important reserves of frozen water and precious elements.

Russia launches its first mission to moon in nearly 50 years

The launch from Russia’s spaceport in the Far East of the Luna-25 craft to the moon is Russia’s first since 1976 when it was part of the Soviet Union.

NASA astronauts visit patients at Texas Children's Hospital

Astronaut Dr. Kjell Lindgren and former astronaut and former Director of Johnson Space Center Mike Coats helped bring fun and lots of smiles to the young cancer patients and their families at Texas Children's Hospital.

NASA loses, regains contact with Voyager 2 probe after sending wrong command

Flight controllers accidentally sent a wrong command nearly two weeks ago that tilted the spacecraft’s antenna away from Earth and severed contact.

Euclid mission to study dark universe takes 1st test images, NASA reveals

“After more than 11 years of designing and developing Euclid, it’s exhilarating and enormously emotional to see these first images," said Euclid Project Manager Giuseppe Racca of the European Space Agency.

Whistleblower claims US is concealing program that captures UFOs

David Grusch, a retired major general, claims the U.S. has had information about "non-human" activity since the 1930s.