Deep-space exploration is trading chemical rockets for nuclear fission. To expand human presence beyond ...

Nuclear sources provide heat and electricity independently of these conditions, giving mission planners a dependable option ...

NASA has awarded $100,000 grants to 15 projects tackling the hardest problems in deep space exploration, from cryogenic ...

Next-generation rockets are changing space exploration by making launch vehicles more reusable, powerful, and capable of supporting deep space missions. Modern rocket technology is no longer focused ...

Approximately 250 mi. above Lake Michigan, International Space Station astronaut Don Pettit captured this long-exposure photograph of city lights streaking across Earth as a green and red aurora moved ...

This week, America launched the first crewed deep space mission in over fifty years, and we should all be proud of the role North Alabama played in making it happen. Since the first lunar mission, the ...

The left panel shows the solar system and Earth. The upper right panel presents the layered structure of the Earth, with arrows showing the coupling between mantle convection and tectonic plate motion ...

UF researchers are addressing how to use biomanufacturing to minimize waste generated in space by recycling packing materials. This research is bolstered by a collaboration between the Florida ...

On Space Exploration Day, we commemorate one of the greatest achievements in the history of our Republic: landing Americansupon the surface of the Moon. Inspired by that giant leap, welook ahead with ...

NASA is moving into a new phase of space exploration, with major progress across human spaceflight, science missions, and advanced technology. In just one year, the agency has launched multiple crewed ...