On July 21, 2011, NASA marked the end of one of the most iconic chapters in space exploration as Space Shuttle Atlantis ...

Mr. Beat tells the story of the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, which shook NASA and the country as a whole as the first ...

Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV. When the Soviet Union falls, ...

Capt. Joe Engle is known as the only person to fly both the X-15 and Space Shuttle, thus being the only person to enter space ...

The crew of four reflected on the mission beneath the Space Shuttle Atlantis, which flew them on the 12-day mission.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman gave coffee a lunar endorsement Monday, joking that the beverage already belonged in the ...

NASA’s masterplan for upcoming lunar landings has a flaw that could prove fatal to the U.S. astronauts set to touch down on ...

Before he became a NASA astronaut, Sonny Carter forged a soccer career at Emory University and with the Atlanta Chiefs of the ...

NASA's Viking 1 mission blazed a crucial trail with its Mars landing on July 20, 1976. Now, half a century later, that trail ...

NASA selected 41 proposals from 37 American firms under its 2025 Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity — including Zeno ...

Fifteen years after the final space shuttle mission, astronauts reunite at Kennedy Space Center to reflect on history.

NASA confirms that the Artemis III mission, aimed at advancing lunar exploration, will proceed as scheduled next year. This assurance comes despite a recent setback involving an unmanned Blue Origin ...