The world’s most advanced deep-space capsule, the Orion, is set to speed astronauts around the Moon, a trek that could ...

The search for past or present life should be the top science objective of future human missions to Mars, a new National Academies report concludes.

From plasma engines that could turn months of travel into weeks to the first blueprints for ships that will outlive their ...

A study led by NYU Abu Dhabi’s Space Exploration Laboratory found underground water that turned sand dunes into solid rock, ...

Human missions to Mars are edging closer to reality, but the physics of deep space is not cooperating. Outside Earth’s magnetic cocoon, astronauts would be bombarded by high‑energy particles that can ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover may soon set a record for the longest distance driven on another planet.

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Mars may be tens of millions of kilometers away, but for planetary scientists, the most revealing rehearsal space sits in the ...

Shannon Curry remembers the first time she saw the moon up close. She was an undergraduate at Tufts University doing research in Oracle, Arizona, and got the chance to see the moon through a ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones. These first steps will be the result of decades of research, engineering, and imagination coming together, marking ...

From crewed Moon flybys to Mars test flights, 2026 reshapes global space ambitions, with NASA, ISRO, SpaceX, China and Europe planning missions that signal where exploration heads next globally ahead.

Recent news and comments from Musk point to a SpaceX IPO in 2026. This leaves many asking -- what does this mean for the ...