Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita Williams were expecting to spend eight to 10 days in space. They ended up​ remaining in orbit for 286 days.

After completing a second wet dress rehearsal, NASA leaders were more confident that the Artemis II moon mission could launch March 6.

WASHINGTON >> NASA released fresh images today of the interstellar object called 3I/ATLAS that astronomers have determined is a comet likely older than our solar system, as U.S. space agency officials dismissed speculation that it is an alien spacecraft.

NASA released close-up images on Wednesday of the rare interstellar comet that's making a single pass through the solar system. One of the images shows the comet, also known as 3I/ATLAS, as it moves through space about 190 million miles from Earth.

NASA will not fly another crew on [Boeing's] Starliner until technical causes are understood and corrected,' says NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.

An internal investigation is blasting NASA's handling of the first piloted flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in 2024. The flight left two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station for nearly a year.

NASA ⁠officials on Friday ⁠said the agency was targeting March 6 ​for the launch of four astronauts around the moon and ‌back as part of ‌its Artemis II mission after overcoming rocket-fueling snags ⁠in ⁠a second key launch rehearsal this week,