Interplanetary travel to Mars aboard nuclear-powered spaceships may sound like science fiction – yet NASA is planning to make it a reality. The Space Reactor-1 Freedom mission is scheduled for launch ...

Next-generation rockets are changing space exploration by making launch vehicles more reusable, powerful, and capable of supporting deep space missions. Modern rocket technology is no longer focused ...

Artist rendering of the X-37B conducting an aerobraking maneuver using the drag of Earth’s atmosphere. (Boeing Space) Ten months into its latest and largely classified mission, the Space Force’s X-37B ...

Future missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond may no longer need to carry every drop of propellant from Earth. NASA has ...

Interplanetary travel has long been one of the most ambitious goals in space exploration, and whether humanity achieves it this century depends on advances in technology, safety systems, cost ...

The future of sustained space habitation depends on our ability to grow fresh food away from Earth. The revolutionary new collaborative Moon-Rice project is using cutting-edge experimental biology to ...

A new research collaboration that fuses fashion and science is set to send bacteria into space—and the outcomes could create radiation-sensitive fabrics capable of preventing skin cancer on Earth and ...

Without a steady pipeline of space workforce professionals, our ability to innovate and compete globally is threatened. This shortage is not just a space workforce issue — it is a significant national ...

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