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

A crewed expedition to Mars promises to push the absolute limits of human endurance. To grasp the sheer scale of the journey, ...

NASA confirmed Thursday that SpaceX will launch the European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin Mars rover, perhaps as soon as late 2028, on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. So ...

NASA’s plans for a Moon base have been capturing headlines lately — but today it’s putting Mars back in the crosshairs with a first-of-its-kind nuclear mission it says will launch by the end of 2028.

NASA’s announcement Tuesday that it will “pause” work on a lunar space station and focus on building a surface base on the Moon was no big surprise to anyone paying attention to the Trump ...

A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would shorten a roundtrip to Earth's planetary neighbor to as ...

NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.

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 ...

A prototype ion engine that uses lithium vapor as a propellant has aced its first tests, achieving 25 times more power than ...