On June 2, 1966, NASA's Surveyor 1 landed on the lunar surface to become the first American spacecraft to land on the moon. [ ...

On May 21, 2010, Japan launched the first solar sail into space. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com]( Solar ...

NASA's Van Allen Probe A is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere almost 14 years after launch. From 2012 to 2019, the spacecraft and its twin, Van Allen Probe B, flew through the Van Allen belts, ...

NASA's Artemis 1 spacecraft approaches the Moon in stunning time-lapse Posted: April 7, 2026 | Last updated: April 7, 2026 See footage of the Orion Spacecraft a little over an hour before its ...

(CNN) — A massive space probe could plummet into Earth’s atmosphere as soon as Tuesday evening — years earlier than expected. And while most of the spacecraft will likely disintegrate in a flaming ...

Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. The probe now has two of its original ten science instruments still in operation. Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, are the ...

In 2012, NASA launched two probes into space: Van Allen Probe A and Van Allen Probe B. Their goal was to collect data on charged particles passing through Earth’s magnetic field. Those particles can ...