S pace missions in the future could travel to Mars, asteroids and the outer solar system by riding on nuclear-powered rockets, thanks to a new design that utilizes energy from the nuclear fission of ...

If it proves successful, CNTR could allow future vehicles to travel farther using less fuel. Traditional chemical engines ...

If humanity wants to turn Mars into more than a daydream, we need a new kind of rocket. Not just a bigger booster or a fancier capsule, but something radically different. At Ohio State University and ...

NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates are already making history. The 2025 class includes the first person to join the astronaut ...

NASA aims to travel to the moon again—and beyond. Here’s a look at the 21st-century race to send humans into space.

Mars will grow brighter in the night sky until its closest approach to Earth in July and, during that time, a new NASA lander will be traveling to the red planet. The Interior Exploration using ...

Before we get to Mars, we're going to have to practice. And develop radical leaps in technology, but also practice. A Mars ...

A trip to Mars would be the adventure of a lifetime. Just ask the 78,000-plus people who signed up to move there, as part of Mars One’s hypothetical colonization project. But it would also be really, ...