For more than a decade, two NASA science instruments have orbited the planet, observing the flash and fury of Earth’s electrical storms. Now, the lightning information gleaned by these instruments ...

NASA is building an enormous lightning protection system at the Kennedy Space Center that will not only protect people and equipment but will collect strike information for analysis by launch ...

Mother Nature can be a real bitch sometimes, and NASA experienced its sheer power last night when four lightning bolts hit the towers surrounding the Moon-bound Space Launch System (SLS) ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s new moon rocket remained on track to blast off on a crucial test flight Monday, despite a series of lightning strikes at the launch pad. The 322-foot (98-meter) Space ...

NASA’s Ares I-X test rocket has been delayed today in part because of the number of lightning strikes in the area – 154 since last evening, NASA said. While NASA can’t control the weather, the ...

NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy made two television appearances on Monday morning in which he shook up the space ...

As NASA inches closer to a future return to the moon, its first leap toward its moonshot goal — Artemis I — is planned to launch during the peak of hurricane season and could face a gale of problems ...

Lightning struck the launchpad of NASA's new 30-story mega-rocket on Saturday. Artemis I, the first of NASA's SLS rockets aimed for the moon, was being tested over the weekend. The lightning ...