When the International Space Station plunges to its fiery doom in 2030, its loss to science will be incalculable, even if it ...
You may have heard about the extensive testing facilities for spacecraft and equipment, but how do scientists prepare for the human aspect of space exploration?
The United States and China are locked in a contest to be the first country to send humans to the lunar surface in half a century. But there's a developing twist: an emerging competition between ...
In a major stride toward the future of private spaceflight, Blue Origin has conducted a powerful engine test for its ...
A retro-futuristic space truck. A nimble crustacean on wheels. A space-age dune buggy. One will win a multibillion-dollar prize to deploy on a future NASA Artemis mission. But first, we took a ride on ...
Japanese engineers have developed a hypersonic space-based missile tracking technology called the HTV-X, built by Mitsubishi ...
The same space tires that allow the Mars rovers to get around might be coming to your driveway in the near future. Here's the ...
From Neil Armstrong to an all UM crew on an Apollo mission, the University of Michigan and Purdue University both featured large in the advent of space travel.
As NASA’s moon-landing plans with SpaceX hang in the balance, other bold ideas are quietly starting to take shape.
On Wednesday, the space companies owned by two of the richest people on Earth — Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin — submitted ideas to the space agency for a faster program to land ...
NASA and Lockheed Martin’s experimental X-59 jet completed its first test flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, a milestone in the ...
NASA joins the Roman space telescope and key instruments, marking a milestone toward its 2027 launch to reveal the cosmos.