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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to survey hundreds of millions of stars and billions of galaxies. Its findings could unlock clues about dark energy and dark matter.

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order creating the U.S. Space Academy to train people for the U.S. Space Force, NASA and the civilian space industry.

President Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the astronauts whose April lunar flyby set a new distance record for humanity.

NASA astronaut Victor Glover talked to students at Alma Mater in Pomona. Linette Romero reports for NBC4 at 4 p.m. on Aug. 24, 2026.

A NASA spacecraft circling the moon is providing the sharpest views yet of the crater carved by a crashing SpaceX rocket.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station ventured outside Tuesday to replace a space-to-ground antenna used for high-speed communications with NASA’s Mission Control in Houston. The roughly six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk included French astronaut Sophie Adenot, who became the first French woman to perform a spacewalk outside the ISS.

Residents seeking darker skies can head to higher elevations in the San Gabriel Mountains, including Mount Wilson Observatory.

Tickets are still available for the evening festivity, which will feature members of the mission’s heroic crew.

Jeremy Hansen announced he’s stepping down from his full-time role as an astronaut, months after flying around the moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission.

NASA is racing to save its Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission.

Maya Glover, the daughter of Artemis II pilot Victor Glover, expresses her admiration and love for her father as she reflects on his historic mission to the moon. John Cádiz Klemack reports for Today in LA on Sunday, June 21, 2026.

Ontario High School recently announced it’s renaming its math and science building after the NASA astronaut. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Friday, June 12, 2026.

After NASA announced the astronauts selected for the flight, the lack of women sparked “reactions ranging from disappointment to outrage,” Administrator Jared Isaacman said.

The crew is expected to launch to Earth orbit next year to conduct demonstrations with one or both of the lunar landers that SpaceX and Blue Origin are building.

Two of the four astronauts named Tuesday to the Artemis III mission, an important next step in NASA‘s return to the moon, have ties to Southern California. Randy Bresnik, of Santa Monica, and Frank Rubio, who was born in Los Angeles, will be part of the crew tasked with heading back to space next year for a crucial lunar...

The seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station got a scare Friday morning when new air leaks were found on the Russian side of orbiting laboratory.

NASA’s Maven spacecraft was launched in 2013 to study Mars’ atmosphere.

NASA announced plans for three uncrewed moon missions this year as early steps toward building a permanent lunar base.

Neptune’s mysterious, far-flung moon Nereid may be the last of the planet’s original companions.