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NASA has confirmed that a spacecraft has made the closest approach to the sun. Earlier this week, the Parker Solar Probe passed within a mere 3.8 million miles of the sun. Space agency officials received an all-clear message Thursday night confirming Parker survived the journey. The spacecraft was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun. It’ll...

A NASA spacecraft is about to make the closest approach to the sun. The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun.

NASA’s two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again.

NASA announced Thursday that the next Artemis mission, which will send four astronauts on a flight around the moon, will be delayed until 2026.

NASA has announced more delays in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo. Administrator Bill Nelson said Thursday that the next mission in the Artemis program is now targeted for April 2026.

Jared Isaacman, 41, CEO and founder of a card-processing company, has been a close collaborator with Elon Musk ever since buying his first chartered flight with SpaceX.

The space station crew will feast on smoked turkey, apple cobbler, green beans, mushrooms and mashed potatoes, Williams told NBC News in an interview from orbit.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announced further layoffs Tuesday, citing “continued funding challenges.”

Four astronauts are back on Earth after a space station mission that lasted almost eight months.

NASA is no stranger to spacefaring robots. But “Robonaut 2,” the first human-shaped robot to fly to the International Space Station, is something special. The robot is now on display at the Udvar-Hazy center in Virginia.

The original full-size shuttle mock-up moves to a temporary home. Video broadcast Thursday Oct. 17, 2024 on Today in LA.

It never went into space, but a full-size original space shuttle design prototype built in 1972 as part of Rockwell International’s ultimately successful bid to build NASA’s shuttles will travel along a Downey street Thursday.

Italian luxury fashion house Prada and space startup company Axiom Space unveiled the designs for a spacesuit that will be worn in the first NASA landing mission to the moon since 1972.

Two Oort Cloud comets are making a pass through the solar system for the first time in documented human history.

Prada and Houston-based startup Axiom Space unveiled the design of a spacesuit that will be used for NASA’s Artemis 3 mission to the moon.

After NASA flew tree seeds to the moon on the Artemis mission, an Orange County elementary school got the honor of planting one of the seedlings.

Tree seeds that were flown to outer space by NASA were planted at an Orange County elementary school. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024.

Edison High School has implemented a digital hall pass for students who want to step away from the classroom to use the bathroom. Amber Frias reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024.

NASA launched its Europa Clipper on Monday from a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in Florida. The mission will explore Jupiter’s icy moon called Europa.

 NASA is set to launch the Europa Clipper spacecraft to a 1.8 billion mile journey to Jupiter’s Europa moon. Brittany Hope reports for the NBC4 News at 7 a.m. on Oct. 14, 2024.