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NASA's Office of Inspector General has found the agency's Artemis Human Landing System risk tracking is incomplete and schedule assumptions overly optimistic, recommending tighter SpaceX safety oversight.

NASA has declared Artemis 2 ready for another launch attempt after resolving SLS and Orion hardware issues, setting the stage for the first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17 in 1972.

NASA's Daily Minor Planet citizen science project has expanded to include data from the powerful Bok 2.3-meter telescope at Kitt Peak, enabling detection of near-Earth asteroids two to three times fainter than before.

NASA citizen scientists have found that solar active regions lasting more than a month produce up to six times more intense solar flares than typical regions — with major implications for space weather forecasting.

Merging neutron stars produced heavy elements including gold in a kilonova 8.5 billion light-years away, the most distant gamma-ray burst ever seen.

A NASA inspector general report reveals a worsening disagreement between NASA and SpaceX over whether astronauts need manual controls on the lunar lander.

NASA's Van Allen Probe A will make an uncontrolled reentry on March 10 after nearly 14 years studying Earth's radiation belts, with most debris expected to burn up in the atmosphere.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured stunning new infrared images of the 'Exposed Cranium' nebula, revealing the violent final stages of a dying star in unprecedented detail.

NASA has confirmed that its DART mission not only altered Dimorphos's orbit around Didymos but actually changed the asteroid system's orbit around the sun.

A total lunar eclipse paints the Moon blood-red in a celestial spectacle visible across much of the globe, with the next total eclipse not expected until 2028.

NASA's Juno spacecraft discovers that auroras on Jupiter's moon Ganymede splinter into bright patches mirroring Earth's northern lights.

NASA has about three weeks to complete repairs to the Space Launch System's upper stage before the next Artemis 2 launch window opens in early April. The agency rolled the rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building after a helium flow problem that couldn't be diagnosed at the launch pad.

NASA's Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration project has successfully completed a major test of technology designed to extract oxygen from lunar soil. The breakthrough brings the space agency closer to producing breathable air and rocket fuel from resources found on the Moon's surface.

NASA's Curiosity rover has gathered its fourth rock sample from enigmatic boxwork ridge formations in Gale Crater, structures formed when water flowed through underground fissures billions of years ago. Previous samples have shown tantalizing hints that may point to ancient life on Mars.

NASA has disclosed the identity of the astronaut who triggered the first medical evacuation from the International Space Station, ending the SpaceX Crew-11 mission early. The agency released details at the request of the astronaut, shedding light on a historic episode in human spaceflight.

NASA has hauled its massive Space Launch System rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building after engineers discovered they couldn't repressurize the upper stage's helium system. The problem pushes the Artemis 2 crewed lunar mission from March to no earlier than April 1.

The joint NASA-JAXA X-ray mission XRISM has revealed the most violent turbulence ever detected in a galaxy cluster, centered on the supermassive black hole M87*. The spacecraft's unprecedented ability to measure gas velocities has transformed our understanding of how black holes shape their cosmic surroundings.

Hollywood has painted a romanticized picture of life on the Red Planet, from Matt Damon growing potatoes to Arnold Schwarzenegger surviving the Martian surface. But experts say the real challenges of off-world living are far more daunting and far less cinematic than anything science fiction has prepared us for.

NASA will attempt to fuel its Artemis 2 Space Launch System rocket for the second time on February 19, after a hydrogen leak during the first wet dress rehearsal forced the agency to wave off a February launch window. If the test succeeds, a crewed lunar mission could launch as early as March.

PickNik Robotics will provide MoveIt Pro motion planning software for Motiv Space Systems' robotic arm on NASA's Fly Foundational Robotics mission for in-space assembly.