NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a branch of the United States federal government whose aim is to pioneer advances in human spaceflight, aeronautics, space science and space applications. NASA has been responsible for missions such as Apollo, the Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, Juno: Mission at Jupiter, Kepler Spacecraft and Voyager. From lunar landings to exploring the Universe over 17 billion km away, NASA has broadened our understanding of space and our own planet.

NASA’s Lucy Mission is set to head to Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids © Southwest Research Institute

NASA’s Lucy Mission is set to head to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids

There may still be active volcanoes on Mars, and they may be creating conditions capable of supporting microbial life, study finds © Getty Images

There may still be active volcanoes on Mars

NASA's Ingenuity becomes first aircraft to fly on another planet © NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA’s Ingenuity becomes first helicopter to fly on another planet

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter © NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Why drones are the future of space exploration

Nasa’s Ingenuity Helicopter (Nasa/JPL-Caltech)

When will the Ingenuity Mars helicopter fly?

Hubble spots new atmosphere forming on Earth-like exoplanet ©NASA, ESA, and R. Hurt (IPAC/Caltech)

Hubble spots new atmosphere forming on Earth-like exoplanet

Scientists pinpoint where on the Sun hazardous solar particles come from © NASA/GSFC/SDO

Scientists pinpoint where on the Sun hazardous solar particles come from

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11 history-making Mars Perseverance rover moments, captured on camera

Video: Watch NASA's Perseverance rover land on Mars © NASA/PA

Video: Watch NASA’s Perseverance rover land on Mars

Water vapour rising from the surface of Mars hints that it may once have been habitable ©ESA/ATG medialab/PA News

Water vapour rising from the surface of Mars hints that it may once have been habitable

Do 3D printers work in space? © NASA

Do 3D printers work in space?

All you need to know about the 2021 Mars missions © NASA

All you need to know about the 2021 Mars missions

Astronomy for beginner's UK © Getty

Astronomy for beginners: A complete guide for UK stargazing

Ancient megaflood hints of possibility of life on Mars © NASA/JPL

Ancient megaflood hints at possibility of life on Mars

Crew-1 astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, Michael Hopkins and Soichi Noguchi © NASA/SpaceX

NASA astronauts to take first SpaceX ‘taxi service’ to ISS