Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have developed a new thruster that increases power 25 times stronger than ...

Inside a long vacuum chamber in Southern California, a spacecraft engine glowed white-hot as it pushed toward a level of ...

NASA fired up a prototype of its electromagnetic thruster inside a vacuum chamber, reaching power levels of up to 120 ...

For years, nuclear propulsion sat in the same category as so many ambitious space ideas, impressive on paper, always a few ...

You're on the fourth human mission to Mars, and you're told the Odyssey spacecraft designed to take you there will be the ...

The Artemis missions are paving the way to civilizational decisions. It’s time to ask not just what we can do – but whether we should do it ...

As one of four panels that will provide input to the steering committee of "A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars;" the Panel on Biological and Physical Sciences and Human Factors will ...

As one of four panels that will provide input to the steering committee of "A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars;" the Panel on Astrobiology will identify the highest priority science ...

"I’d say that while an astronaut could make it to Mars they might need dialysis on the way back," researchers said.

Before humans set foot on Mars, robots will prepare the way. This video reveals how AI will construct habitats, grow food, ...

The idea of humans living on Mars is closer to reality than it’s ever been. On Feb. 13, Elon Musk’s SpaceX ferried an international crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station, another ...

Mars One, a nonprofit group that plans to send humans to Mars by 2024, recently announced it had reduced its pool to 705 applicants interested in being the first Martian settlers. In the Today’s ...