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Dozen of NASA missions, most in cooperation with other federal agencies and international partners, are focused not on space but back on Earth.
Dr. Kirk Knobelspiesse with NASA explains how NASA is raising awareness about protecting the earth.
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) -- NASA confirmed Monday that a mystery object that crashed through the roof of a Florida home last month was a chunk of space junk from equipment discarded at the International Space Station.
NBC News will feature extensive live coverage of the historic eclipse on Monday beginning at 2 p.m.
A total solar eclipse is coming to the U.S. this April in what's being touted as the biggest astronomical phenomenon for many Americans since the August 2017 total eclipse.
Jessica Taylor, a scientist at NASA Langley Research Center, talks about Monday's rare total solar eclipse that will pass over the U.S.
SpaceX held a Starlink launch Monday night. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from its pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, launching 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit.
SpaceX's Crew-8 astronaut mission has arrived at the International Space Station.
It is T-minus 19 months until NASA astronauts, including NC State alum Christina Kock, will make a return to the moon for the first time in 50 years. The crew spent a week in February preparing for when the Orion capsule returns to Earth.
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T-minus 19 months and counting... That's how long before a NASA-led crew will make a return to the moon for the first time in 50 years. For the past week, the crew has been practicing their return to earth, right off the coast of san diego.
Scheduled for launch no earlier than August, Zena Cardman will join three other crew members on a six-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
WRAL Staff
A guide to everything happening in the sky and in space for 2024, including eclipses, meteor showers, supermoons and more.
WRAL staff
All eyes were on the skies Monday as a total solar eclipse, one of nature's most spectacular sights, moved through North America.
Ryan Bisesi, WRAL multiplatform producer
A brand-new rocket lifted off early Monday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, sending multiple payloads on journeys into space.
Kenneth Chang, New York Times
Seismic energy released during a New Year's Day earthquake in Japan traveled across the surface and through the earth, registering on seismographs in North Carolina. WRAL's Dan Haggerty spoke with NASA ambassador Tony Rice to break it all down.
Seismic energy released during an earthquake travels across the surface of and through the earth, registering on seismographs.
Tony Rice, NASA Ambassador
(CNN) -- The year ahead promises to deliver some spectacular pursuits, pushing human and scientific exploration of the cosmos further than it's gone in decades.
By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN
The biggest solar flare in years temporarily knocked out radio communications on Earth Thursday.
Referred to as a "moon halo," "moon ring" or "22° halo," the glowing ring around the moon is actually an optical phenomena.
(CNN) -- An innovative experiment flying aboard NASA's Psyche mission just hit its first major milestone by successfully carrying out the most distant demonstration of laser communications. The tech demo could one day help NASA missions probe deeper into space and uncover more discoveries about the origin of the universe.
By Ashley Strickland, CNN
After months of rebuilding and clearing red tape following the April explosion of the Starship system's first test flight, SpaceX is set for its next attempt.
By Jackie Wattles, CNN
Dinkinesh, a small asteroid that NASA's Lucy mission visited last week, continues to surprise.
SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites Friday evening, marking the 18th flight for the first stage booster.
This weekend, millions of people are hoping to catch a glimpse of the latest celestial event -- the so-called "ring of fire." A spectacular solar eclipse will cross the skies of the U.S., and here's how you can see it Saturday in North Carolina.
When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft swings by Earth on Sunday, it is expected to deliver a rare cosmic gift: a pristine sample collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu.