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

Interplanetary space probes used to be the domain of giant governments, or conglomerates of smaller governments who couldn’t hope to field a space program on their own. Any attempt by one European ...

Four astronauts — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen — are circling Earth aboard the Orion ...

Explore NASA's Artemis program and the Orion spacecraft as we dive into the debate: should we go back to the moon or head ...

NASA has yet to reestablish contact with its MAVEN Mars spacecraft despite ongoing efforts, agency officials said Monday (March 16). NASA lost contact with MAVEN on Dec. 6, 2025, after the spacecraft ...

BEIJING (AP) — China has landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time in the latest advance for its space program. The official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday that the lander had touched down, ...

NASA's Artemis program aims to return humans to the moon, which is seen as a stepping stone for future missions to Mars. The upcoming Artemis II mission will be a 10-day test flight circling the moon ...

For nearly a month, NASA has been scrambling to make contact with a spacecraft in orbit around Mars that abruptly fell silent. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

(NEW YORK) — Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick atmosphere, which kept it warm enough to support flowing water on its ...

Nov. 12 (UPI) --Private space company Blue Origin canceled Wednesday's planned Mars-bound launch from Florida of its ESCAPADE craft for the second time due to increased solar flare activity. The ...