NASA is turning a spacecraft filled with trash into a flying laboratory for future missions to Mars. According to the agency, ...

NASA is preparing to test 12 experimental heat shield capsules during the fiery destruction ...

Bean from Apollo 12 puts the plutonium-238 fuel from the lunar module into the SNAP-27 (Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power) ...

Could tiny microbes help humans settle on Mars? Scientists are exploring how engineered organisms might support future space missions.

A new study by a doctoral researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), part of The University of Alabama System, suggests global dust storms on Mars may organize the Martian atmosphere ...

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 ...

Interplanetary travel has long been one of the most ambitious goals in space exploration, and whether humanity achieves it this century depends on advances in technology, safety systems, cost ...

Six Florida Tech students spent a week in a simulated Mars habitat in the Utah desert. The students conducted research on topics like plant growth, microbes, and crew dynamics. The mission aimed to ...

Learn more about lunar time zones and future NASA and ESA missions, which are working to create a safer environment for astronauts. Amongst the hype of settling the moon, building out spaceports, and ...