ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 7 (UPI) --NASA needs new ways to investigate accidents that occur during human spaceflight when private companies like SpaceX and Boeing are launching astronauts, an agency ...

This proposed procurement is a follow-on for an independent assessment of NASA space vehicle accidents associated with the use of radioactive materials onboard the NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory 2009 ...

A NASA team that independently reviewed the unsuccessful launch last year of Orbital ATK’s third commercial resupply services mission The mission was intended to deliver cargo to the International ...

TL;DR: NASA has confirmed that Ingenuity, the Martian helicopter, will not fly again but will still serve a purpose. It was in January this year that NASA announced its helicopter living on the ...

NASA and Aerovironment conducted the first aircraft accident investigation on another planet, examining the crash of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter. The likely cause of the crash was a malfunction in ...

This image of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument of the Perseverance rover on June 15, 2021, the 114th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The location, "Airfield ...

A new NASA exhibit recognizes the tragic loss and enduring legacy of the crew of Apollo 1. On the 50th anniversary of a fatal launch pad fire that killed three pioneering astronauts, "Ad Astra Per ...

NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe today said two veteran astronauts, Apollo commander Thomas P. Stafford and Space Shuttle commander Richard O. Covey, will lead a distinguished task force to assess the ...

NASA will pay will tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues, during the agency’s Day of Remembrance on Thursday, Jan. 28, the 30th ...

An unusual cosmic object is helping scientists better understand the chemistry hidden deep in Jupiter and Saturn’s atmospheres — and potentially those of exoplanets. Why has silicon, one of the most ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and FAA oversee investigations of aircraft accidents in U.S. airspace. But what happens when a crash occurs hundreds of millions of miles away in outer ...