First female launch director to take helm at NASA
Charlie Blackwell-Thompson will be the Launch Director when we send man back and the first woman to the moon.
Most distant world ever explored gets a new name: Arrokoth
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past the snowman-shaped Arrokoth on New Year's Day, years after exploring Pluto. At the time, this small icy world 1 billion miles beyond Pluto was nicknamed Ultima Thule given its vast distance from us.
Massive 2,000-foot asteroid to whiz past Earth later this month
An asteroid slightly smaller than the largest structure in the U.S. is slated to harmlessly zoom past Earth later this month.
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover captures the lonely landscape of the red planet in eerie new photos
As NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover continues to venture along the vast landscape of the red planet, a series of unsettling photographs was recently sent back to Earth, capturing a truly eerie and lonely landscape.
Happy Halloween from space as NASA shares Sun image that looks like jack-o-lantern
NASA is sharing a photo of the Sun looking like a jack-o-lantern.
World's first all-female spacewalking team makes history
The world’s first female spacewalking team made history high above Earth on Friday, floating out of the International Space Station to fix a broken part of the power network.
Asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth in more than a century Monday night
According to NASA’s JPL, the giant space rock known as 2019 TA7 will skim past Earth at a distance of roughly 930,000 miles, making its closest approach to Earth in nearly 115 years.
NASA astronaut captures terrifying scale of Hurricane Dorian in images from space
As the East Coast of the United States braces for Hurricane Dorian, NASA engineer and astronaut Christina Koch, who is observing the storm from aboard the International Space Station, tweeted terrifying and awe-inspiring photographs of the hurricane seen from space.
NASA honors 'Rolling Stones' band by naming a Mars rock after them
In honor of the Rolling Stones returning to the Rose Bowl for the first time in 25 years, the legendary band was given an out-of-this-world tribute as NASA named a rock on Mars "Rolling Stones Rock.''
NASA DC-8 jet spotted over Altadena flying at low altitude
What's NASA up to? SoCal residents took notice when their DC-8 plane was seen flying at a low altitude over Altadena late Monday afternoon.
Celebrating 70 years of KTTV: Incredible homecoming of Space Shuttle Endeavour
FOX 11's Hal Eisner takes a look back at KTTV archive footage of Space Shuttle Endeavour and its incredible journey to the California Science Center.
Glitter bomb guy
Mark Rober is a former NASA engineer, who, like millions of Americans across the country, fell victim to package theft. When police wouldn't investigate the crime, he took matters into his own hands.
NASA's InSight Mars Lander set to touch down Monday
NASA's InSight Mars Lander was set to touch down Monday. It's the agency's first attempt to land on Mars in six years. FOX 11's Gina Silva reports from JPL in Pasadena.
Real life 'Hidden Figure' at NASA, Hal Walker, discusses his role in the moon landing
When the movie "Hidden Figures" came out, many learned for the first time that many African Americans played major parts in the U.S. winning the space race. One of those people was Hal Walker.
InSight Mars lander scheduled to land in November 2018
NASA is planning to land on Mars before the end of the year. FOX 11's Gina Silva spent the morning at JPL and reports on the upcoming mission.
NASA scientists say we could find alien life within 20-years
If you don't believe aliens exist, it may be time to reconsider...a NASA scientist says they could very well find a planet that's a candidate for intelligent life within the next twenty years.
NASA crews make online wager on who will win the World Series
NASA usually deals with stuff that's ‘out of this world’, but two of NASA's largest facilities are going a little more down to earth…and wagering on the World Series.