Following a December 2025 executive order prioritizing “American space superiority,” NASA is advancing nuclear ...
The largest section of the space rocket that will launch the next moon mission has been shipped to the Kennedy Space Center.
Mars exploration is heating up. NASA eyes sample returns and crewed landings by the 2030s, but its current relay satellites -- some decades past design life -- struggle with data traffic from rovers, ...
NASA confirmed Thursday that SpaceX will launch the European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin Mars rover, perhaps as soon as ...
LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and ...
An experimental SpaceX rocket exploded at the end of a high-altitude test flight Tuesday, but heavy fog at the site left even SpaceX at least publicly uncertain about exactly what caused the explosion ...
If all goes according to plan, MMX will arrive in orbit around Mars in 2027 to begin mapping and analyzing Phobos and Deimos ...
In a study published on Feb. 2 in Communications: Earth & Environment, an international team of researchers reveals how, in 2023, an atypical storm during Mars’ northern summer lifted water into the ...
Rocket Lab logo on building in the day, trees visible around - Emagnetic/Shutterstock For years, SpaceX has been considered one of the biggest contenders in the space industry, even helping launch ...
WASHINGTON — NASA has provided new details about its plans to procure a Mars communications orbiter funded under last year’s budget reconciliation bill as companies continue positioning themselves to ...