NASA’s nuclear-powered rockets could take us to Mars in a fraction of the time, but the technology is still years away from ...

"We have found a habitable environment," said John Grotzinger, project scientist for the Curiosity mission. "The water that was here was so benign and supportive of life that if a ...

Mars is closer than ever, but the human body isn’t ready. Inside the biological war against radiation, microgravity, and ...

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are rewriting the space race. Rocket Dreams by bestselling author Christian Davenport chronicles ...

Peggy Hollinger Trump’s 21st-century frontier: the planet Mars. As the cameras panned across the assembled politicians and ...

Mars is where that leadership will be proven. And if NASA is serious about sending humans there, and keeping them safe while they’re there, that investment in long-term infrastructure needs to start ...

"If you are interested in long-term space colonization or lunar bases or Mars bases, nuclear becomes quite quickly your only option," said James Walker.

The first of these was the loss of space shuttle Columbia in February, the second fatal shuttle accident, which signaled that ...

The Amazon founder’s space company will transport NASA's VIPER rover to the lunar south pole—if it proves capable of delivering a payload to the moon in an upcoming mission. NASA’s VIPER lunar rover ...

It's not the first time there have been claims of signs of life on Mars, so why are scientists particularly thrilled now?

Recently, NASA announced that the Mars Perseverance rover has found indications that life may have at one time existed on the Red Planet. The announcement did not mark the first time the space agency ...