The first human Mars explorers won’t have it easy. Every additional day in deep space will increase their exposure to deadly ...

NASA just nudged its Mars ambitions forward with a lab test of a new ion engine that vastly outmuscles anything it's flown before. The lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster hit 120 kilowatts ...

A couple of weeks ago, ground teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida removed one of the four main engines from the Space Launch System rocket slated to send four astronauts on a voyage around ...

NASA’s latest generation of 3D printed rocket engines is not just a materials experiment, it is a direct assault on the cost structure that has defined spaceflight for decades. By combining advanced ...

NASA has announced "near‑impossible" plans to ramp up moon landing activities and launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft by 2028. The changes are yet another Artemis program shakeup that will see NASA ...