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NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, has been on an extraordinary journey for 47 years, marking it as the longest-serving mission in history. Recently, the spacecraft overcame a significant ...

NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman will conduct the first spacewalk of 2026 on January 8. This will be Fincke's 10th spacewalk, tying the record for a NASA astronaut, and Cardman's first.

Following reports that closing the agency’s largest research library would result in the loss of precious scientific and historic materials, Jared Isaacman wants to set the record straight. Reading ...

NASA is moving to shut down the research library at its Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, a decision that has stunned many of the agency’s own veterans. What might sound like a ...